Reply to discussion by H. Sonmez on "Effect of weathering on the geomechanical properties of andesite, ankara, turkey" by M. Orhan, N.S. Isik, T. Topal, M. Ozer, environmental geology, 50 (1): 85-100 (2006)

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ORHAN, Metin
IŞIK, Nihat Sinan
Topal, Tamer
ÖZER, MUSTAFA

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M. ORHAN, N. S. IŞIK, T. Topal, and M. ÖZER, “Reply to discussion by H. Sonmez on “Effect of weathering on the geomechanical properties of andesite, ankara, turkey” by M. Orhan, N.S. Isik, T. Topal, M. Ozer, environmental geology, 50 (1): 85-100 (2006),” ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY, pp. 917–919, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34648.