Stability of excavated slopes in horizontally bedded rock
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Authors
Inghram, Brent J.
Issue Date
1981
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Slope stability , Engineering , Mining , Pit Slopes , Slope Failures , Powder River Basin , Wyoming , Circular Failures , Slab Failures , Geology , Fracturing , Failure Modes , Block Failures , Undercutting , Mackay Theses and Dissertations Grant Collection
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Abstract
Possible modes of slope failure in horizontally bedded, soft sedimentary rock were examined at an open pit mine in the southern Powder River Basin, Wyoming. A stability analysis was developed for slab failures, and a sensitivity analysis was performed for small scale slab failures.
Description
Thesis Number: 1555.
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Publisher
University of Nevada, Reno
License
In Copyright(All Rights Reserved)