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  • Analysis of a rock slide stabilized with a toe-berm: A case study in British Columbia, Canada 

    Corkum AG, Martin CD (2004) Analysis of a rock slide stabilized with a toe-berm: A case study in British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 41:1109–1121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.04.008
    Practical experience has shown that slope movement can be controlled by the placement of a berm near the toe of the moving mass. During construction of the Revelstoke project (British Columbia, Canada), excavation of a ...

  • Numerical Analysis of Longwall Mining Layout for a Wyoming Trona Mine 

    Corkum AG, Board MP. Numerical analysis of longwall mining layout for a Wyoming Trona mine. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 2016; 89:94-108. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2016.09.001
    At Solvay Mine, located in southwestern Wyoming, a subhorizontal trona seam is mined at depths of between 460-490 m using mechanized room-and-pillar and longwall mining methods. The stratigraphy at the mine generally ...

  • Variation of horizontal in situ stress with depth for long-term performance evaluation of the Deep Geological Repository project access shaft 

    Corkum AG, Damjanac B, Lam T (2018) Variation of horizontal in situ stress with depth for long-term performance evaluation of the Deep Geological Repository project access shaft. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 107:75–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.04.035
    A site characterization program was carried out for a proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) project for Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste repository near Kincardine, Ontario. ...