Koha

xvii, 641 p. : il.

1. Slope stability in open pit gold and silver mines;2. Back analysis and probabilistic analysis applied to a mining slope stability design;3. Stability of Pit Slopes in Brittle Rock Strata;4. New adjusment ratings for application of bieniawski classification to slopes;5. The determination of effective characteristics of highly heterogeneous rock masses;6. Influence of structure texture peculiarities of inner structure and shear deformation of rock massives on their stability;7. Rock properties for different engineering uses: a study on weathered rocks;8. About the volume of the blocks in rock mass;9. The detection of blast induced fracturing to rock slopes;10. Acoustic monitoring of in situ static deformation modulus at a dam site;11. Geomechanical evaluation for design of slopes at caue open pit iron mine, Itabira, Brazil;12. Stability analysis of lignite mine highwalls;13. Methodical problems of monitoring in open pit mines;14. Slope stability of near vertical slopes under denia castle;15. Finite elements for open pit mine stability analysis;16. A statistical method for a probable percentual block size distribution determination from a quarry;17. Analysis and treatment of an unstable rock wedge at "el caracol" dam switchyard;18. Influence of residual rock mass structures on slope stability at bumbuna falls hydroelectric project;19. Coal excavation from unstable quarry slope;20. Quarring in south western Nigeria