Influence of glacitectonic fractures on wall failure in open excavations: Heath Steele Mines, New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 720-731

  Park, Adrian F ^a,b   Broster, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excavations; Geotechnical; Glacitectonics; Instability; Rock quality data; Wall failure

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GLACIOTECTONICS; JOINT; OPEN CAST MINING; OPEN PIT MINING; WALL FAILURE;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, HEATH STEELE MINES;

CLAY; EXCAVATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; RAIN; ROCKS; SAND; SURFACES;

DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENT; GLACITECTONIC FRACTURES; HEATH STEELE MINES; OPEN EXCAVATIONS; PIT WALL FAILURE; REACTIVATED JOINTS; WALL FAILURE;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0030300839     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-098-319     Document Type: Article

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