Mechanical properties of granite from the Taourirt Tan Afella Massif, Algeria.

Schock, R.N.; Abey, A. E.; Heard, H.C.; Louis, Henry

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“…Coincidentally, the granite samples from Karkaralinsk are mineralogically similar to granites from the French underground nuclear test site at the Hoggar massif in Algeria (see Table 5). However, the densities and velocities reported for those rock by Schock and others (1972) are notably higher than from the Karkaralinsk granites.…”

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Composition and physical properties of granitic rocks from the NRDC/SAS seismic station sites, Eastern Kazakh SSR

Leith¹,

Robertson²,

Bryant³

et al. 1991

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Petrologic analyses and physical properties measurements were performed on seven granitic rock samples, taken from the sites of the three NRDC/SAS seismic station sites in Eastern Kazakhstan, which surround the Soviet nuclear testing ground near Semipalatinsk. Except for the sample from Bayanaul (a quartz syenite), the samples are medium to coarse grained, leucocratic granites. The borehole samples have porosities of about 2 percent, densities of about 2.5 g/cc, p-wave velocities of about 4 km/sec, and compressive strengths of about 150 MPa. The density and velocity values are somewhat smaller than expected, based on Soviet published values, because of the porosities. The petrography of the samples is near the published range for the granitic rocks at Degelen mountain (which are more alkaline), and their physical properties are probably similar. Comparisons are made with granites from U.S. and French nuclear test sites.

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confidence: 76%