An Empirical Correlation of Uniaxial Compressive Strength with P-wave Velocity and Point Load Strength Index on Marly Rocks Using Statistical Method

1 IntroductionEstimation of rock mechanical properties is consid-ered among the most important components in anyengineering project. In this regard, one of the mostcommonly used and fundamental mechanical param-eter is uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) (Brunoet al. 2012; Minaeian and Ahangari 2011). UCS (r

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