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Analysis of Rock Slope Failure and Rockfall for Preliminary Hazard Assessment of the Cliff at Chau Thoi Quarry
Chau Thoi stone quarry is an old open pit mine in Binh Duong province of Vietnam, where the cut slopes are the sources of prone rockfall. Several...
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The characteristics of blasting vibration frequency bands in jointed rock mass slope
High-slope and rock mass joint development are the factors for predicting and controlling blasting vibrations under open pit mining. Blasting...
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Field investigation and numerical study of a siltstone slope instability induced by excavation and rainfall
Weak rock slope instabilities are a common engineering problem during highway construction in South China. This study focused on a siltstone slope...
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Generation of Granulometric Composition of Broken Rocks in Fragmentation by Bench Blasting
A physical model is created to describe stage-by-stage fracture of rock mass by deep-hole blasting. The analytical dependences are presented for main...
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Structural Geology and Stability Issue of the Giral Lignite Mine, Rajasthan, India
This field study is focused on normal faults and tension cracks of the Giral lignite mine, Barmer basin Rajasthan (India). Besides normal faults,...
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Model test of the stability degradation of a prestressed anchored rock slope system in a corrosive environment
The long-term stability of a prestressed anchored slope might be influenced by the durability of the anchorage structure. To understand long-term...
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Identifying and analyzing the distribution of sliding surfaces in rock slopes using total displacement contour maps
In the evaluation of slope stability, the position and shape of the sliding surface or slide face (SF) directly control the scale of the landslide...
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A New Safety Control Method of Blasting Excavation in High Rock Slope with Joints
In this paper, a new safety control method of the jointed slope under blasting excavation is presented. The spatial distribution of blasting damage...
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Slope Stabilization Using Soil Nails, Practice and Construction Realities: A Case Study on the Construction of Soil Nailed Wall Along Phuentsholing-Thimphu Highway, Bhutan
Slope stabilization through soil nailing along the highway is first of its kind executed in Bhutan. However, a similar approach of “Rock Bolting” is...
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Characterization of particle size segregation and heterogeneity along the slopes of a waste rock pile using image analysis
Large amounts of waste rock are produced during mining operations and often disposed of in large piles. Particle size segregation usually occurs...
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Wedge Failure Analyses of the Jointed Rock Slope Influenced by Foliations
The stability of the slope is essentially controlled by the ratio between available shear strength and acting shear stress, expressed as the factor...
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Engineering geology and mechanism of multiple landslides in a large open-pit mine: the case of the Copper Mine in Qinghai Province, China
Landslides are a commonly occurring hazard in open-pit mines. Despite extensive research on this phenomenon, there is still a lack of understanding...
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The Coulomb–Mohr Law and the Change in the Stress–Strain State of a Landslide Prone Mass
AbstractThe stresses at the points of the ground mass are determined and distributed according to the Coulomb–Mohr law in the main stresses, under...
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Destruction of Rocky Coastes of Cold Seas
In 2011, in the area of Nevelsk, Sakhalin Oblast, we started instrumental observations along a network of 100 benchmarks concreted into the surface...
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Failure mechanism and evolution of the **haihu landslide in Bijie City, China, on January 3, 2022
A gently dip** bedding landslide occurred on January 3, 2022, in **haihu District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, in a slope with a weak...
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Geoconservation History of a Basalt Quarry – The Case of Mt. Wilkołak, Land of Extinct Volcanoes Geopark, SW Poland
Mt. Wilkołak is one among many hills built of mid-Cenozoic basalts in SW Poland, within the Land of Extinct Volcanoes UNESCO Global Geopark....
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Unloading damage patterns of rock slopes in open pit mines and analyses of their mechanisms
The stability of slopes is essential for ensuring safe production in open-pit mines. Analyzing and managing the deformation and failure of the slope...
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UAVs for monitoring, investigation, and mitigation design of a rock slope with multiple failure mechanisms—a case study
Slope instabilities adjacent to transportation corridors require timely and precise assessment to determine the risk to road users, particularly when...
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Slope Stability in Open Pit Mines in Clayey Rock Mass
Justification of slope parameters for benches and pit walls in clayey rock mass bases on studies into geological structure and physical and...
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When the lava meets the sea: emplacement of the 2–4 ka San Bartolo lava flow field, Stromboli volcano (Italy)
When a lava flow enters a body of water, either a lake, sea, river or ocean, explosive interaction may arise. However, when it is an 'a'ā lava flow...
