Stability of excavated slopes in horizontally bedded rock

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Inghram, Brent J.

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1981

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en_US

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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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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.

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Thesis Number: 1555.
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University of Nevada, Reno

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