Stability problems associated with an abandoned ironstone mine

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-239

  Swift, G M ^a   Reddish, D J ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Determinist analysis; Ironstone mines; Probabilistic analysis; Stability; UK

Indexed keywords

IRON MINES; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; STABILITY; WEATHERING;

PILLAR SPLITTING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

ABANDONED MINE; FAILURE MECHANISM; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036704974     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-001-0147-9     Document Type: Article

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