Tunnel Boring Machine performance in basalts of the Lesotho Formation

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-54

  Boniface, A ^a  

^a c/o Keeve Steyn ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS;

TUNNEL BORING MACHINES (TBM);

TUNNELING MACHINES;

BASALT; BORING; TBM; TUNNELING;

HIGHLANDS WATER PROJECT; LESOTHO;

EID: 0034112295     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(00)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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