A test and re-estimation of Taylor's empirical capacity-reserve relationship

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-63

  Long, Keith R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feasibility studies; Hotelling's rule; Mine capacity; Mine planning; Scoping studies; Taylor's rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349092917     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-009-9088-y     Document Type: Article

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