Geotechnical considerations in mine backfilling in Australia

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 14, Issue 12-13 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1168-1175

  Sivakugan, N ^a   Rankine, R M ^b   Rankine, K J ^a   Rankine, K S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BHP Billiton   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backfills; Geotechnical; Hydraulic fills; Mining; Paste fills

Indexed keywords

BRICK; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BACKFILLS; HYDRAULIC FILL MINES; PASTE FILLS;

HYDRAULIC MINING;

EID: 33748861802     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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