Research Article

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

Table 3

Estimated in situ block volume of the Karaburun limestone quarries using the suggested methods in the literature.

Quarry no.Palmström, 1995 (3)Latham et al., 2006 (4)Palmsröm, 2005 (5) and (6)Elçi and Türk, 2013 (10)Average produced block volume ( , m3)

113.298.8527.0413.47
212.235.48216.5712.36
31.210.8201.201.21
41.992.1352.91.99
50.711.4120.740.71
60.390.5560.290.28
70.080.5460.160.10
80.781.1740.840.87
90.330.8070.310.25
1027.1218.43228.1527.35
116.106.22110.146.33