Behaviour of water-jet mined caverns in oil sand and shale

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 610-617

  Wong, Ron C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavern; Collapse mechanism; Oil sand; Shale; Water jetting

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); JETS; MINING; MONITORING; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; PRESSURIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SLURRIES; SONAR; WATER;

CAVERN; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; GAS EXSOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SONAR LOGS; WATER DEPRESSURIZATION; WATER JETTING;

CAVES;

CAVERN; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; EXCAVATION METHOD; OIL SAND; SHALE; SLOUGHING MECHANISM; WATER JETTING;

CANADA, ALBERTA, COLD LAKE;

EID: 0030207756     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-086-308     Document Type: Article

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