Specific energy as a criterion for the use of rapid excavation systems in Turkish mines

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Transactions. Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 110, Issue SEPT/DEC, 2001, Pages

  Copur H ^a   Tuncdemir H ^b   Bilgin, N ^a   Dincer T ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Technical University ^*

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EID: 0012035609     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/mnt.2001.110.3.149     Document Type: Article

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