TY - BOOK AU - Sociedad Mexicana de Mecánica de Rocas. AU - Sanches Trejo, R., ED - Isrm Symposium ( : 2 - 5 September, 1985 : Zacatecas, Mexico) TI - The Role of Rock Mechanics in Excavations for Mining and Civil Works PY - 1986/// CY - México : PB - Sociedad Mexicana de Mecánica de Rocas, KW - MECANICA DE ROCAS KW - EXCAVACIONES KW - MINAS N1 - 1. Slope stability in open pit gold and silver mines;2. Back analysis and probabilistic analysis applied to a mining slope stability design;3. Stability of Pit Slopes in Brittle Rock Strata;4. New adjusment ratings for application of bieniawski classification to slopes;5. The determination of effective characteristics of highly heterogeneous rock masses;6. Influence of structure texture peculiarities of inner structure and shear deformation of rock massives on their stability;7. Rock properties for different engineering uses: a study on weathered rocks;8. About the volume of the blocks in rock mass;9. The detection of blast induced fracturing to rock slopes;10. Acoustic monitoring of in situ static deformation modulus at a dam site;11. Geomechanical evaluation for design of slopes at caue open pit iron mine, Itabira, Brazil;12. Stability analysis of lignite mine highwalls;13. Methodical problems of monitoring in open pit mines;14. Slope stability of near vertical slopes under denia castle;15. Finite elements for open pit mine stability analysis;16. A statistical method for a probable percentual block size distribution determination from a quarry;17. Analysis and treatment of an unstable rock wedge at "el caracol" dam switchyard;18. Influence of residual rock mass structures on slope stability at bumbuna falls hydroelectric project;19. Coal excavation from unstable quarry slope;20. Quarring in south western Nigeria ER -