Caving induced by hydraulic fracturing at Northparkes Mines

4th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 353-360

  Van As, A ^a   Jeffrey, R G ^b  

^a Northparkes Mines Australia   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; ROCK MECHANICS;

BLOCK CAVING; FRACTURE TREATMENT;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85042537893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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