New slope stability considerations for deep open pit mines

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 373-389

  Stacey, T R ^a   Xianbin, Y ^b   Armstrong, R ^a   Keyter, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c De Beers Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; ROCKS; SLOPE STABILITY; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

ROCK SLOPES; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 1642601847     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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