A quantitative correlation between the mining rock mass rating and in-situ rock mass rating classification systems

The three most common rock mass classification systems in use in the South African mining industry today are Bieniawski’s (1976) Geomechanics or RMR System, Barton et al.’s (1974) Q-System and Laubscher’s (1990) MRMR System respectively. Of these three systems, only the MRMR Classification System...

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Main Author: Dyke, Gregory Paul
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/4858