Geological investigations at a high altitude, remote coal mine on the Northwest Pakistan and Afghanistan frontier, Karakoram Himalaya

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 117-150

  Donnelly, Laurance J ^a  

^a Halcrow Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal exploration; Geohazards; Geotechnical; Karakoram Himalaya; Mining

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SHALE; COAL MINES; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLACIERS; HAZARDS; KEROSENE; LIMESTONE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

ALTITUDES; CRYSTAL DEFORMATION; FUEL SUPPLY; MOUNTAIN BELTS;

GEOLOGY;

COAL MINE; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; OROGENIC BELT;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 8744273797     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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