Sinkhole subsidence due to mining

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-341

  Singh, Kalendra B ^a   Dhar, Bharat B ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Backfilling; Grout columns; Mine stabilization; Shallow mine workings; Sinkhole subsidence

Indexed keywords

GROUTING; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; SUBSIDENCE;

BACKFILLING; GROUT COLUMNS; SINKHOLE SUBSIDENCE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

MINING; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0031426259     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00880712     Document Type: Article

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