Review of rock mass classification of tropically weathered limestone

• Main Authors: Bhatawdekar, R. M., Wedage, W., Silva, G., Batagalla, S., Madawala, S., Edy, T. M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Books and Journals Private Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91651/; http://dx.doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2020/26913
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In tropical climate, limestone is frequnetly exposed to rain water which when absorbed by limestone forms carbonic acid. This further enhances process of dissolution resulting in change in geomechanical properties of limestone. With various geological discontiuties such as faults, folds, joints, wat...