Influence of physical characteristics of weak rock mass on height of caved zone over abandoned subsurface coal mines

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 92-101

  Palchik, V ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abandoned underground opening; Caved zone; Compressive strength; Porosity

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; DRILLING; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS;

CAVED ZONES;

ABANDONED MINES;

ABANDONED MINE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HEIGHT; POROSITY; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0036589980     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0542-y     Document Type: Article

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