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esrj-33850	Ersoy, Hakan; Kanik, Derya	Multicriteria decision-making analysis based methodology for predicting carbonate rocks' uniaxial compressive strength	2012	10	.pdf	application/pdf	5556	99	19	Min SD Mean Max Min SD Mean Kalecik travertine (1a: 30 samples) 0.20 0.08 0.04 0.13 3.33 0.88 0.73 1.39 7.37 2.16 1.36 3.29 Bahçecik travertine (1b: 15 samples) 0.77 0.12 0.15 0.34 1.20 0.48 0.24 0.77 2.88 1.18 0.57 1.90 Çamoluk travertine (1c: 25 samples) 2.48 0.49 0.43 1.40 2.90 0.98 0.48 1.88 6.65 2.37 1.01 4.28 Çamoluk (2) (1d: 10 samples) 0.62 0.45 0.06 0.59 1.30 0.91 0.12 1.07 3.03 2.44 0.28 2.61 Gölova travertine (1e: 13 samples) 0.31 0.18 0.04 0.23 0.62 0.37 0.063 0.47 1.55 0.94 0.15 1.19 Bayburt onyx (2a and b: 21) 0.79 0.01 0.18 0.07 0.72 0.02 0.02 0.10 1.95 0.06 0.32 0.26 Kelkit limestone (3a: 12 samples) 0.06 0.03 0.01 0.05 0.18 0.13 0.01 0.15 0.48 0.34 0.04 0.40 Esenyurt limestone (3b: 15 samples) 0.46 0.04 0.09 0.14 0.31 0.06 0.07 0.19 0.08 0.16 0.19 0.51 Kemah limestone (3c: 21 samples) 0.14 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.18 0.05 0.03 0.11 Tercan limestone (3d: 25 samples) 0.09 0.01 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.04 0.02 0.09 0.31 0.12 0.05 0.24 Sample location and type Unit weight (kN/m3) velocity (m/s) P wave UCS (MPa) Max Min SD Mean Max Min SD Mean Max Min SD Mean Kalecik travertine (1a: 30 samples) 24.7 22.2 0.8 24.0 4541 3813 220 4050 65 34 8 53 Bahçecik travertine (1b: 15 samples) 25.1 24.1 0.3 24.6 5072 4091 297 4598 44 25 5 37 Çamoluk travertine (1c: 25 samples) 24.6 24.1 0.2 24.4 3693 3506 61 3590 44 30 5 38 Çamoluk (2) travertine (1d: 10 samples) 25.4 24.9 0.2 25.2 4727 3913 268 4323 43 39 1.2 41 Gölova travertine (1e: 13 samples) 29.2 22.2 0.9 25.0 5072 3813 374 4430 66 20 10 40 Bayburt onyx (2a and b: 21 samples) 27.4 26.5 0.3 27.1 6800 4121 805 5240 70 20 13 45 Kelkit limestone (3a: 12 samples) 27.1 26.8 0.1 27.0 6321 5988 98 6200 154 30 38 80 Esenyurt limestone (3b: 15 samples) 27.4 26.6 0.2 27.0 6103 5562 169 5760 117 40 24 70 Kemah limestone (3c: 21 samples) 27.1 26.8 0.1 27.0 6353 6127 59 6250 162 25 39 90 Tercan limestone (3d: 25 samples) 27.3 25.3 0.6 26.8 6057 4327 371 5414 101 79 9 85 Hakan Ersoy and Derya Kanik70 Integrating site selection criteria was based on multi-criteria assess- ment methods (Eastmen, 1995): = ∑ (Sk*wk) where, Sk was the land’s suitability for landfill for objective k (priority groups), (fi)k was factor i (discriminating features) for objective k, (wi)k was the weighting for factor i (score given experimental studies) for objective k, (rj)k was constraint j for objective k (value 0 or 1), S was multi-objective suitability and wk was the weighting for objective k results The rocks’ index and strength properties UCS is an expensive and very time-consuming test The core surfaces have to be ground down to make them parallel at a specified tolerance and a high load capacity loading frame is usually required Thus, in the study, ten groups of carbonate rock samples were collected in the Southern Zone of the eastern Pontides (NE Turkey) to establish some relationships between UCS and index properties In the study the index and strength properties of the rocks were de- termined in accordance with ISRM (1981) The limestone samples were selected from pre-Late Cretaceous plat- form carbonates which are widely exposed in the area and Liassic-aged for- mations; travertine and onyx samples were selected from the Gümüşhane, Bayburt and Giresun area Three rock types from ten rock formations were sampled and tested for this study Table 1 gives the rock type, age, location and description of the samples Sample preparation and laboratory tests Several carbonate rock samples were collected in this study to deter- mine physical and strength properties Seven oriented block samples for each group of carbonates were collected from the field for laboratory test- ing; each block was represented by at least ten core specimens 225 NX- size core specimens having a 2 5:1 length to diameter ratio were prepared from the block samples Rock samples were carefully inspected before testing, to obtain the most representative stone samples for performing laboratory tests figure 2.	cache/esrj-33850.pdf	txt/esrj-33850.txt