Flyrock danger zone demarcation in opencast mines: A risk based approach

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-172

  Raina, A K ^a   Chakraborty, A K ^a   Choudhury, P B ^a   Sinha, A ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Factor of Safety; Flyrock Danger Zone; Opencast blasting; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

BENCH BLASTING; BLASTING OPERATIONS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DEGREE OF RISKS; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FLYROCK DANGER ZONE; MINING CONDITIONS; MINING ENGINEERS; OPENCAST BLASTING; OPENCAST MINE; PRODUCTION DEMAND; RISK BASED APPROACHES; RISK CLASS; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; THREAT LEVELS; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

BLASTING; ENGINEERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ANALYSIS;

BLASTING; MINING; OPEN PIT MINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551606408     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-010-0298-7     Document Type: Article

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