1. ASTM D2938 (2002) Standard test method for unconfined compressive strength of intact rock core specimens, current edition approved June 15, 1995. Published July 1995, (Reapproved 2002)
2. ASTM D3967 (2005) Standard test method for splitting tensile strength of intact rock core specimens, current edition approved Aug. 15, 2005. Published September 2005
3. ASTM D4405 (1998) Standard test method for creep of cylindrical soft rock core specimens in uniaxial compressions, current edition reapproved 1995
4. ASTM D4543 (2004) Standard practice for preparing rock core specimens and determining dimensional and shape tolerances, current edition approved July 1, 2004. Published July 2004
5. Aubertin M, Gill DE, Ladanyi B (1992) Modeling the transient inelastic flow of rock salt. Salt; Proc. 7th Symposium, Netherlands 1992, p 93–104