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Record 1 2011-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
CONT

Acid-rock drainage is a common environmental problem produced from the exposure of broken or blasted rock containing reactive sulphide minerals to oxygen in the presence of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Au déblayage par refoulement de la roche désagrégée à la dynamite, on cherche à placer le bord inférieur de la lame au voisinage du plan de contact de la roche en place et de la roche abattue.

Spanish

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