Risk considerations for crown pillar stability assessment for mine closure planning

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-64

  Hutchinson, D Jean ^a,b   Phillips, C ^b   Cascante, G ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crown pillar; Mine reclamation; Risk assessment; Stability assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE; MINES; RISKS;

CROWN PILLARS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

DECOMMISSIONING; MINE; PILLAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036177769     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013852722768     Document Type: Article

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