Improved prediction of ground vibrations from blasting at quarries

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Transactions. Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 109, Issue MAY/AUG, 2000, Pages

  Birch, W J ^a   Pegden, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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