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Ulusay, R (ed.), 2015. The ISRM suggested methods for rock characterization, testing and monitoring: 2007–2014

Cham, Switzerland: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-007713-0

Author: Martin Gordon Culshaw

Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Issue 4/2015

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First, there was the ‘yellow’ book (Brown 1981); then came the ‘blue’ book (Ulusay and Hudson 2007); and now, we have the ‘orange’ book (Ulusay 2015). Of course, I refer to the books produced by the Commission on Testing Methods of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), now led by Professor Resat Ulusay, which have, over the decades produced the definitive descriptions for rock description, testing, and monitoring as a series of “suggested methods.” For each of these, a Working Group was established having in its membership expertise relevant to the method being considered. …

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Brown ET (ed) (1981) Rock characterization, testing and monitoring: ISRM suggested methods. Pergamon Press, Oxford, p 211

Ulusay R (ed) (2015) The ISRM Suggested methods for rock characterization, testing and monitoring: 2007–2014. Springer, Switzerland, p 293

Ulusay R, Hudson JA (eds) (2007) The complete ISRM suggested methods for rock characterization, testing and monitoring: 1974–2006. ISRM Turkish National Group, Ankara, p 628

Title: Ulusay, R (ed.), 2015. The ISRM suggested methods for rock characterization, testing and monitoring: 2007–2014
Cham, Switzerland: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-007713-0
Author: Martin Gordon Culshaw
Publication date: 01-11-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Electronic ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-015-0780-3

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