Mining rock mechanics, yesterday, today and tomorrow

9th ISRM Congress

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1551-1576

  Hood, M ^a   Brown, E T ^b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Mining Technology and Equipment ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKS;

MINING OPERATIONS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH NEEDS; TIME-PERIODS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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