GIS-based slope stability analysis, Chuquicamata open pit Copper Mine, Chile

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-190

  Nelson, Eric P ^a   Connors, Katherine A ^a,b   Suárez S , Claudio ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Geological Data Systems   (United States)

^c Superintendencia Ingeniería de Procesos y Desarrollo   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Logistic regression; Modeling; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347210669     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-007-9044-7     Document Type: Article

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