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- 27Morgenstern, N. R.
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Mesofabric, Microfrabric, and Submicrofabric of Ice-Thrust Bedrock, Highvale Mine, Wabamum Lake Area, Alberta
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Cruden, D. M., Tsui, P. C., Thomson, S.
The fabric of the ice-thrust argillaceous bedrock from a shear zone was studied in hand specimens, under a polarizing microscope and a scanning electron microscope. The fabric included principal displacement shears, Riedel shears, conjugate sets of particle alignments, cutans, lithorelics, and...
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Simplified geostatistical analysis of earthquake-induced ground response at the Wildlife Site, California, U.S.A
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Elkateb, T., Chalaturnyk, R., Robertson, P. K.
Abstract: Almost all natural soils are highly variable and rarely homogeneous. In this study, the seismic response of the Wildlife Site, Imperial Valley, California, U.S.A., has been analysed to assess the effect of ground heterogeneity on liquefaction assessment in a probabilistic analysis...
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2003
Christiansson, R., Martin, C. D., Kaiser, P. K.
Abstract: When the stress-induced risks to a projects warrant it, in situ stress must be measured. However, as the stress-induced risks increase, i.e.. the stress magnitudes approach the rock mass strength, the confidence in commonly used stress measurement techniques decrease. The design of...
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TMSim_Consol
2021-06-04
Implemented in GoldSim, TMSim_Consol uses an explicit finite difference method to calculate the void ratio at each time step. Excess pore pressure and effective stress in each layer are then derived from void ratio. In addition to the specific gravity (Gs) and geometric properties of the deposit,...
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2007
Biggar, K., Donahue, R., Sego, D. C., Beier, N.
Abstract: The extraction and upgrading process for bitumen from oil sand deposits in Alberta, Canada currently requires large volumes of process water. This water demand is fulfilled by importing water and recycling/reuse of clarified process water. Reuse of the clarified water results in the...
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2017-11-05
Wilson, G. Ward, Sego, D. C., Beier, Nicholas A
The Tailings and Mine Waste Conference provides mine waste managers, engineers, regulators and researchers an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in tailings and mine waste management, to present new ideas and to make professional contacts with others who have mutual interests and goals.
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Effect of heterogeneity of brittle rock on micromechanical extensile behavior during compression loading
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Lan, H., Hu, B., Martin, C. D.
A grain-based Universal Distinct Element Code model was developed to generate a deformable polygonal grain-like structure to simulate the microstructure of brittle rock. It takes into account grain-scale heterogeneity including microgeometric heterogeneity, grain-scale elastic heterogeneity, and...
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2010-12-05
Sego, D. C., Beier, Nicholas A
Bringing together experts and interested individuals to address tailings technology and management in Alberta's Oil Sands Industry, the International Oil Sands Tailings Conference (IOSTC) offers the most recent developments in oil sands tailings and management to the international community...
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1995
Robertson, P. K., Cunning, J. C., Sego, D. C., Sasitharian, S.
Abstract: The initial state of a sand, defined by the void ratio and effective mean normal stress, can be used to predict its large-strain response. Laboratory studies have shown that the shear-wave velocity of a sand is controlled primarily by the effective confining stresses and void ratio....
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An approach to evaluation of field CPTU dissipation data in overconsolidated fine-grained soils
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Campanella, R., Robertson, P. K., Woeller, D., Sully, J.
Abstract: Dissipation of excess pore pressures during piezocone testing in firm to stiff overconsolidated fine-grained soils provides data curves that cannot be interpreted using published theoretical solutions. Available solutions are based on either cavity-expansion or strain-path methods,...