Slope Stability in Surface Mining - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873351940 ISBN 13: 9780873351942

Publisher: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2001

Synopsis

As we enter the twenty-first century, mines are being planned to reach depths of more than 1,100 meters, waste rock embankments have surpassed 600 meters in height, tailings dams have reached heights of 200 meters, and heap leach facilities have topped 150 meters. The push toward higher, deeper, and steeper, along with the larger and more productive equipment in use today, continues to test our tools and capabilities.

Slope Stability in Surface Mining documents the progressive rise in technical understanding and sophistication in the field. Only be continuously collecting and exchanging information can design concepts, construction methods, monitoring strategies, and reclamation practices keep pace with the times. Slope Stability in Surface Mining creates a common platform on which to base correct, economical, and safe slope design and construction decisions.

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Review:

Book emphasizes the stability of the rock slope itself in open-pit or strip mines; also stability of waste rock embankments. -- SciTech Book News

About this edition

• Publisher: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0873351940
• ISBN 13: 9780873351942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 442
• Editor: Hustrulid William A., McCarter Michael K., Van Zyl Dirk J. A.