Research Article

Block Volume Estimation from the Discontinuity Spacing Measurements of Mesozoic Limestone Quarries, Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey

Table 4

Mean length, height, width, and volume of the limestone blocks produced at limestone quarries in the Karaburun limestone quarries.

Quarry no.Mean block dimension, (m)Block volume
V = l·w·h (m3)
Number of blocks
Length (l) (m)Width (w) (m)Height (h) (m)

1 798
2 192
3 353
4 24
10 158
11 853

Weighted averaged 2378*

: total number of blocks.