Description of a large catastrophic failure in a southwestern Wyoming Trona Mine

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 293-298

  Zipf, R K ^a   Swanson, P ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GAS EMISSIONS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

CANDIDATE MECHANISMS; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; DYNAMIC NATURE; FLOOR FAILURES; GEOMETRY FACTORS; LOADING SYSTEM; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; SEISMIC EVENT;

ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

EID: 84986227335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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