Geotechnical areas associated with the Ventersdorp Contact Reef, Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-166

  Roberts, M K ^b   Schweitzer, J K ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

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