Activity accounting technique for environmental noise assessment in mechanized surface mining

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-256

  Pathak, K ^a   Durucan, S ^b   Kunimatsu, S ^c  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Activity accounting; Noise level; Prediction model; Surface mining

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING MACHINERY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUARRYING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITY ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUE; NOISE LEVEL; NOISE QUALITY PREDICTION MODEL; SURFACE MINING;

NOISE POLLUTION;

METHODOLOGY; MINING; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MACHINE; MINING; NOISE MEASUREMENT; SOUND PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033152978     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005907720627     Document Type: Article

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