Measurement of typical joint characteristics in South African gold mines and the use of these characteristics in the prediction of rock falls

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 335-344

  Gumede, H ^a   Stacey, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN GOLD MINES; BEDDING PLANES; DEEP LEVELS; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH STRESS; JOINT GEOMETRIES; JOINT MAPPINGS; JOINT SETS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURES; ROCK FALLS; STRESS-INDUCED; UNSTABLE ROCKS;

GOLD; MINES; ROCKS; STOPING;

GOLD MINES;

EID: 60649102248     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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