Developments in the analysis of footwall slopes in surface coal mining

Engineering Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-61

  Stead, Douglas ^a,b   Eberhardt, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of footwall slopes; Mountainous topography; Surface coal mining; Two dimensional limit equilibrium technique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); OPEN PIT MINING; SLOPE STABILITY; TECTONICS;

FOOTWALL SLOPES; MOUNTAINOUS TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE COAL MINING; TWO DIMENSIONAL LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM TECHNIQUE;

COAL MINES;

COAL MINING; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; FOOTWALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0031103836     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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