Influence of the bedrock topography on oil shale mining in North-East Estonia

Oil Shale

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-327

  Miidel, A ^a   Raukas, A ^b   Tavast, E ^a   Vaher, R ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Maritime Academy   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ESTONIAN OIL SHALE; LINEAR STRUCTURES; LITHOLOGICAL COMPOSITION; NATURAL BOUNDARY; NORTH-ATLANTIC; SAND AND GRAVELS; TECTONIC FEATURES;

GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; OIL SHALE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 33846329516     PISSN: 0208189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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