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A Classification System for the Slope Stability Assessment of Opencast Coal Mines in Central India

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The author is sincerely thankful to Dr. A. Sinha, Director, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR), Dhanbad, India for his kind permission and encouragement to carry out this research work. The author expresses his sincere thanks to Dr. G. Barla, the editor of this journal and the reviewers of this paper for their very useful and significant technical comments and suggestions during the review process. The author sincerely thanks Dr. N. R Thote, Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. Thanks are also due to the author’s colleagues at CIMFR regional centre, Nagpur, India. Special thanks are due to the Western Coalfields Limited, Nagpur, India and its respective mine officials for providing necessary details and facilities during the field work. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author’s and not necessarily of the institute he belongs to.

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Jhanwar, J.C. A Classification System for the Slope Stability Assessment of Opencast Coal Mines in Central India. Rock Mech Rock Eng 45, 631–637 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-012-0223-4

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