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

Table 1

General properties of the discontinuities of Karaburun limestone quarries.

Quarry no.	Main discontinuity orientation		𝛾 (°)	𝑆𝑡 (m)	𝑆𝑚 (m)	𝐽𝑣 (joint/m^3)	BQD (% )
1	Set1	45/277	0.78	1.910	1.25	1.395	76
	Set2	66/187	0.64	2.013
	Set3	71/344	0.70	2.668
2	Set1	85/179	0.19	2.005	1.07	1.434	75
	Set2	84/0	0.98	1.975
	Set3	18/320	0.93	2.330
3	Set1	70/260	0.99	0.813	0.57	3.098	51
	Set2	22/80	0.93	1.002
	Set3	70/357	0.94	1.151
4	Set1	82/46	0.17	1.141	0.78	2.624	56
	Set2	88/90	0.95	1.184
	Set3	21/46	0.94	1.108
5*	Set1	33/26	0.64	0.504	0.68	3.696	47
	Set2	70/217		0.584
6*	Set1	68/202	0.62	0.322	0.50	4.885	40
	Set2	75/29		0.562
7*	Set1	65/90	0.74	1.010	0.50	7.598	34
	Set2	67/20	0.62	0.612
	Set3	66/194	0.47	0.480
	Set4	34/341	0.94	0.346
8*	Set1	50/179	0.71	0.470	0.64	3.447	48
	Set2	38/29		0.758
9*	Set1	22/173	0.99	0.485	0.56	4.791	39
	Set2	57/31	0.89	0.682
	Set3	81/228	0.68	0.792
10	Set1	30/36	0.99	2.160	1.60	1.099	86
	Set2	67/239	0.83	2.325
	Set3	57/107	0.79	4.850
11	Set1	80/74	0.64	3.470	1.14	1.807	67
	Set2	60/238	0.92	1.598
	Set3	62/160	0.89	1.960
	Set4	58/318	0.59	2.615

𝑆_𝑡: true discontinuity spacing; 𝑆_𝑚: mean discontinuity spacing; 𝐽_𝑣: volumetric joint count; BQD: block quality designation; *: abandoned quarries.