In situ rock stress measurements in Western Australia's Yilgarn Craton

Proceedings of the International Symposium on In-situ Rock Stress - In-situ Rock Stress Measurement, Interpretation and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 35-42

  Lee, M F ^a   Mollison, L J ^a   Mikula, P ^b   Pascoe, M ^c  

^a AMC CONSULTANTS PTY LTD   (Australia)

^b Mikula Geotechnics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c BHPBilliton   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; ROCKS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; HORIZONTAL STRESS; IN-SITU ROCK STRESS MEASUREMENTS; MAJOR PRINCIPAL STRESS; ROCK MASS STRENGTH; UNDERGROUND MINING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 56149102453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439833650.ch4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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