Allowed quantity of explosive charge depending on the distance from the blast

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-438

  Mesec, Josip ^a   Vrkljan, Darko ^b   Ester, Zvonimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Allowed quantity of explosive charge per delay; Blasting; Ground vibration; Scaled distance

Indexed keywords

ALLOWED QUANTITY OF EXPLOSIVE CHARGE PER DELAY; CHARGE WEIGHT; EXPLOSIVE CHARGES; GEOLOGICAL STRENGTH INDEX; GROUND VIBRATION; ROCK DEPOSIT; SCALED DISTANCE; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS;

BLASTING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EXPLOSIVES;

BLASTING; DOLOMITE; EXPLOSIVE; LIMESTONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUARRYING; VIBRATION;

EID: 67349208137     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-008-9243-y     Document Type: Article

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