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Potential and possibilities in the application of large-scale explosions in geotechnology

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    D. M. Bronnikov & A. A. Spivak

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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 1, pp. 36–42, January–February, 1983.

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Bronnikov, D.M., Spivak, A.A. Potential and possibilities in the application of large-scale explosions in geotechnology. Soviet Mining Science 19, 32–37 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02497961

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