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Classification of Weathering for the Granite and Granite Gneiss in Okcheon Belt-Jecheon${\cdot}$Geumsan${\cdot}$Gimcheon in Korea  

Woo, Ik (Geohazard Information Laboratory(National Research Laboratory), Sejong University)
Park, Hyuk-Jin (Geohazard Information Laboratory(National Research Laboratory), Sejong University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.37, no.3, 2004 , pp. 355-364 More about this Journal
Abstract
A study on the weathering grade classification has been performed for granite and granite gneiss in Korea. The qualitative classification criteria of weathering were reviewed and then modified with field studies for the weathered rock masses. The thin section observations and XRD analyses for the different weathering grades rock samples showed the petrographical and petrophysical difference with respect to the weathering : the proportion of weathering-resistant minerals suck at quartz and orthoclase has a tendency to increase with the development of weathering, but that of weathering-sensible minerals such as anorthite and biotite is decreased. The ranges of physical and mechanical rock properties for different weathering grades were obtained from the laboratory rock tests and field tests for the studied rocks. And then, along with $RDI_{sq}$(Fookes et al., 1988), the weathering index $I_{a}$, (Woo, 2003) has been developed in this study to demarcate the weathering grade. Those two indices rely mainly on the water absorption ratio of rock and on the different rock strength. The range of these weathering indices have been determined with the physical and mechanical rock properties that can be obtained from simple field or laboratory tests in 4 grades $I_{a}$> 7 for F, 3.5 < $I_{a}$ < 10 for SW, 1.0 $I_{a}$< 6.0 for MW and $I_{a}$< 2.5 for HW. Consequently, the weathering index could be utilized to classify quantitatively the rock weathering grade, especially for the studied granites and the granite gneiss in Korea.
Keywords
weathering classification; granite; granite gneiss; weathering index;
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