Defining in-situ block size

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1020, 1998, Pages 72-75

  Hadjigeorgiou, J ^a,c,d   Grenon, M ^a   Lessard, J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Louvicourt Mine   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MINING;

BLOCK SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNDERGROUND MINING;

ROCK MECHANICS;

BLOCK SIZE; MINING; ROCK BLOCK;

EID: 0032073651     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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