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Weathering Grade

Weathering Grade is a classification construct in soil geotechnics that differentiates residual soils based on the degree of parent rock decomposition, serving to systematically categorize weathering intensity for engineering and geological applications.

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293

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158

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2017–2026

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Weathering Grades

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Publications

91

The engineering petrography of a weathered granite in Cornwall, England

T. Y. Irfan, W. R. Dearman · Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology · 1978 · 166 citations

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Evaluation of rock mechanical behaviors under uniaxial compression with reference to assessed weathering grades

A. Basu, Tarcísio Barreto Celestino, Antônio Airton Bortolucci · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2008 · 151 citations · Full text

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Initial stages of weathering and soil formation in the Morteratsch proglacial area (Upper Engadine, Switzerland)

Christian Mavris, Markus Egli, Michael Plötze et al. · Geoderma · 2010 · 149 citations

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Engineering grading of weathered granite

W. R. Dearman, F. J. Baynes · Engineering Geology · 1978 · 142 citations

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Weathering grade of rock masses as a predisposing factor to slope instabilities: Reconnaissance and control procedures

Luigi Borrelli, Roberto Greco, Giovanni Gullà · Geomorphology · 2006 · 123 citations

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Authors

293

  1. WR
    W. R. Dearman

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 499 citations

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  2. GG
    Giovanni Gullà

    Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Italy

    3 publications · 206 citations

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  3. CT
    Chiaki T. Oguchi

    Saitama University, Japan

    3 publications · 121 citations

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  4. LB
    Luigi Borrelli

    Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Italy

    3 publications · 206 citations

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  5. ET
    Edy Tonnizam Mohamad

    University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia

    3 publications · 76 citations

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Institutions

158

  1. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    773 citations

  2. University of Technology Malaysia

    Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    210 citations

  3. Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection

    Perugia, Italy

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    535 citations

  4. Huazhong Agricultural University

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    92 citations

  5. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    534 citations

  6. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. Jagiellonian University

    Krakow, Poland

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    161 citations

  8. City University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    41 citations

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Venues

  1. Geoderma

    7 publications · 346 citations

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  2. Engineering Geology

    7 publications · 331 citations

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  4. CATENA

    6 publications · 178 citations

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  5. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

    5 publications · 351 citations

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