Seismological and energy balance constraints on the mechanism of a catastrophic bump in the book cliffs coal mining district, Utah, U.S.A.

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-43

  Boler, F M ^a,b   Billington, S ^a,b   Zipf, R K ^a,c  

^a US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

^b The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85088208271     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1365-1609(97)80031-7     Document Type: Article

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