Prediction of fragmentation and yield curves with reference to armourstone production

Engineering Geology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 60-74

  Latham, John Paul ^a   Van Meulen, Jan ^b   Dupray, Sebastien ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Boskalis Offshore BV   (Netherlands)

^c French Civil Works Ministry   (France)

Author keywords

Armourstone; Blasting; Fragmentation; Model; Quarry; Yield curve

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MINING; QUARRIES; ROCKS;

ARMOURSTONE; BLAST FRAGMENTATION MODELS; FRAGMENTATION; KUZ-RAM MODEL; YIELD CURVE;

BLASTING;

BLASTING; FRAGMENTATION; MINING; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUARRY; ROCK; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33748178356     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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