Parametric study to develop guidelines for blast fragmentation improvement in jointed and massive formations

Engineering Geology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 105-116

  Chakraborty, A K ^a   Raina, A K ^a   Ramulu, M ^a   Choudhury, P B ^a   Haldar, A ^a   Sahu, P ^a   Bandopadhyay, C ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Guideline; Jointed; Massive; Parametric

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FRAGMENTATION; MASSIVE FORMATIONS;

GEOLOGY;

BLASTING; FRAGMENTATION; JOINT; OPEN PIT MINE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE;

EID: 1842779899     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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