Environmental impacts of the gypsum mining operation at Maqna area, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 209-218

  Al Harthi, Abbas Aifan ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Cement; Gypsum; Pollution and environmental geology; Quarrying; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE; GYPSUM; MINES; QUARRIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER WELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION (RQD);

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; GYPSUM; MINING; POLLUTION; QUARRYING;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0035526355     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100384     Document Type: Article

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