Pit slope manual, supplement 6-1
Subtitle: buttresses and retaining walls
By: D. Richards and B. Stimpson, editors
Contributors: Richards, D.; Stimpson, B.
Series: CANMET report -- 77-4
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: 79
Subjects: Slopes (Soil mechanics) -- South Africa -- Stability.; Slopes (Soil mechanics) -- Canada -- Stability.; Retaining walls -- South Africa.
Description: ABSTRACT: The stabilization of slopes by a buttress at a Canadian mine and by a retaining wall at a South African mine are described in the paper. Methods of design and stability analysis as well as construction regulations and costs are provided.
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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