The effects of rock mass characteristics on blasthole deviation

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1016, 1998, Pages 90-95

  Singh, S Paul ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blasthole deviation; Open pits; Quarries; Rock cuts; Rock mass characteristics; Trajectory deviation; Underground operations

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPEN PIT MINING; QUARRIES;

BLASTHOLE DEVIATION; ROCK MASS CHARACTERISTICS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

BLASTHOLE DEVIATION; BLASTING; MINING; ROCK MASS CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 0031923623     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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