Slope stability in surface mining / edited by William A. Hustrulid, Michael K. McCarter, Dirk J.A. Van Zyl.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 30, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rock Slope Design Considerations -- Large-Scale Slope Designs-A Review of the State of the Art / E. Hoek; R.H. Rippere and P.F. Stacey -- Collecting and Using Geologic Structure Data for Slope Design / David E. Nicholas and Danny B. Sims -- Designing Catch Benches and Interramp Slopes / Thomas M. Ryan and Paul R. Pryor -- Managing and Analyzing Overall Pit Slopes / Richard D. Call; Paul F. Cicchini; Thomas M. Ryan and Ross. C. Barkley -- A Slope Height Versus Slope Angle Database / Jonny Sjöberg -- Rock-Mass Properties for Surface Mines / Evert Hoek and Antonio Karzulovic -- Time-Dependent Movement of Open-Pit Slopes / Zavis M. Zavodni -- The Role and Mitigation of Groundwater in Slope Stability / Lee C. Atkinson -- The Influence of Seismic Events on Slope Stability / Charles E. Glass -- Coupled Geomechanic-Hydrologic Approach to Slope Stability Based on Finite Elements / William G. Pariseau -- Practical Slope-Stability Analysis Using Finite-Difference Codes / Loren Lorig and Pedro Varona -- Blast Designs to Protect Pit Walls / Timothy N. Hagan and Brad Bulow -- Use of Blast Timing to Improve Slope Stability / Claude Cunningham -- Large_diameter and Deep-Hole Presplitting Techniques for Safe Wall Stability / Rodney Burke -- Case Studies in Rock Slope Stability -- The Role of the Geotechnical Group in an Open Pit: Chuquicamata Mine, Chile / Germán Flores and Antonio Karzulovic -- Slope Stability at Escondida Mine / Cristián Valdivia and Loren Lorig -- Slope Stability at Collahuasi / Graham Swan and Ricardo S. Sepulveda -- The Sur Sur Mine of Codelco's Andina Division / Reinaldo Apablaza; Emilio Farías; Ricardo Morales; Jaime Díaz and Antonio Karzulovic -- Design, Implementation, and Assessment of Open-Pit Slopes at Palabora over the Last 20 Years / Alan Sewart; Fanie Wessels and Susan Bird -- Slope Stability at Aznalcóllar / Jonny Sjöberg; John C. Sharp and David J. Malorey -- Slope Stability at Aitik / Jonny Sjöberg and Urban Norström -- Practical Rock-Slope Engineering Designs at Barrick Goldstrike / Robert Sharon -- Pit Slope Design at Orapa Mine / J. Jakubec; P.J. Terbrugge; A.R. Guest and Ramsden -- Slope Stability Assessment at the Main Cresson Mine / M. Pierce; T. Brandshaug and M. Ward -- Analysis of Stability Loss in Open-Pit Slopes and Assessment Principles for Hard, Tectonically Stressed Rock Masses / Anatoly A. Kozyrev; Sergei P. Reshetnyak; Victor A. Maltsev and Vadim V. Rybin -- Coal Mine Highwall Stability / Ben L. Seegmiller -- Stability of Waste Rock Embankments -- Site Selection, Characterization, and Assessment / P. Mark Hawley -- The Mechanism Controlling Angle-of-Repose Stability in Waste Rock Embankments / David B. Campbell -- Embankment Hydrology-Storage Water Controls / Gary R.E. Beckstad; John Slater; Neil van der Gugten and Andrzej Slawinski -- Embankment Hydrology and Unsaturated Flow in Waste Rock / G. Ward Wilson -- Operation and Monitoring Considerations from a British Columbia Mountain Terrain Perspective / Tim Eaton -- Reclamation and Surface Stabilization / René A. Renteria -- Observational Engineering for Open-Pit Geotechnics: A Case Study of Prediction Versus Performance for the Stability of a High Overburden Embankment over a Soft/Deep Soil Foundation at PT Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg Open-Pit Mine / W. Kevin Walker and Mark J. Johnson -- Construction and Operation of a Major Mined-Rock Disposal Facility at Elkview Coal Corporation, British Columbia / Brent K. Zeitz -- Steepened Spoil Slopes at Bridger Coal Company / William L. Gerhard -- Design Objectives for Mine Waste Rock Disposal Facilities at Phosphate Mines in Southeastern Idaho / Brian Buck -- Taillings and Heap Leaching -- Tailings Dam Stability: Essential Ingredients for Success / Michael Davies; Todd Martin and Peter Lighthall -- A Database of Quantitative Risks in Tailing Management / Dr. F. Oboni and Dr. I. Bruce -- Management and Operational Background the Three Tailings Dam Failures in South Africa/ Geoffrey Blight -- Tailings Basin Water Management / Donald E. Welch -- The Gold Ridge Mine Tailings Storage Facility: An Australian Case History / Mike Gowan and Glen Fergus -- Stability Analysis of a Waste Rock Dump of Great Height Founded over a Tailings Impoundment in a High Seismicity Area / Ramón Verdugo; Carolos Andrade; Sergio Barrera and José Lara -- Stability Issues Related to Tailing Storage and Heap Leach Facilities / Donald R. East and Julio E. Valera -- Case Study: Stability Analysis of the Cresson Valley Leach Facility (Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Company) / John F. Lupo and Terry Mandziak -- Radomiro Tomic Secondary Heap Leach Facility / Carlos Andrade; Edgar Bard O; Hugo Garrido and José Campaña -- Influence of the Direction of Ore Placement on the Stability of Ore Heaps on Geomembrane-Lined Pads / M.E. Smith and J.P. Giroud -- Index.

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