Pit slope manual, supplement 3-4
Subtitle: selected soil tests
By: M. Gyenge and B. Ladanyi, editors
Contributors: Gyenge, M.; Herget, G.
Series: CANMET report -- 77-28
Publisher: Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology = Centre canadien de la technologie des minéraux et de l'énergie
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Ottawa, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Soils -- Testing.; Strip mining.; Soil stabilization.; Soil moisture.
Description: ABSTRACT: This manual outlines the soil testing methods which are applicable to open pit mining.  Harvard miniature compaction apparatus is employed for determining moisture density relationships.  The field vane shear test aids is used to determine the undrained strength of day and pore pressure.  Consistency limits are also examined.
Notes: "Prepared as part of the Pit Slope Project of the Mining Research Laboratories, Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada."

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