Slope stability in surface mining

Content: 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.