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General Organisation,history and development of geomechanics 221 GARD~,FJ JOINT COAL BOARD, CESSNOCK, NSW.AUS History of rock bolting. Proc. Symposi~ on Rock Bolting, Wollomgong, 1971. IT,10R. AUSTRALASIAN INST.MIN.METALL.TLTAWARRA BRANCH, 1971, lip.
222 RENGACH, VN The theory of Coulomb and its fundemental signifieance.-On the 200th anniversary of the paper of Charles Coulomb concerning the theory of limiting equilibria. IF,3R. SOIL MECH.FOUNDATION ENG.VI0,NI,1973,P63-67.
Contracts and specifications
223 CURTIS, RJ The consultants role.-Effects of contracts amd specifications on site inve.stlgations fcr piliDg. 2F. GROUND ENGNG.V6, NS,1973,P22-24.
Companies,institutes and laboratories 224 ANONYMOUS
Research review of Chamber of Mines of South Africa for 1972. 48F, 2T, IISR. CHAMHER OF MINES SOUTH AFRICA,1972,101P.
Books See also abstracts: 237,285,325,390,428. 225 LOMNITZ, C UNIV. NAT. AUTON, MEX Developments in Geotectonics Vol.5. Global tectonics amd ear%~quag~ risk. Textbook. ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, V5,1973, 330P. This book is divided into three parts: i. A survey of tectonics amd seismology, emphasizing new results of contimental drift ard eea-floQr spreadir~,j 2. A technical discussion of stochastic p r o c e s s e s as applied to earthquakes; amd 3. A description of the regional incidence of earthquakes, and data from historic earthquakes.
LOVINS, AB Open pit minimg. Textbook. Figs,Tabls,Refs. EARTH ISLAND, LONDON,1973, II8P. The book gives an overall view and beginners guide to mineral economics, exploration an~ open pit design and mine operations. Worked examples are givmn f ~ the area taken up by mining operations on a 12,000,000 ton lead-zimc orebody. 227 DOROSHEEVICH, RM ELGIN, GK mm~%~l~, PP Foundations amd bases. Textbook. In Russian. Tabls. IZD.VYSSHAYA SHKGEA, MOSCOW, 1972, 256P. This book includes sections on emginee~ing geology, soil investigations, soil mechanles and fourgatlons and bases. It p r e s e n t s a wide range Of information on all the subjects mentioned and contains mamy tables ar~ d e s i g n examples. T h e r e a r e chapters d e v o t e d t o : foumdations and bases associated with weak, alluvial, filled, permafrost and collapsible soils; excavations ani t h e i r drainage; foundation preparatioz~ compaction and consolidation of soils; design of shallow ard deep foundations.
Conferences
See also abstracts: 235,272.
Professional ethics and legal requirements 228 ~,Tm The r o l e o f the rock ~=chanics ez~neer i n the mining industry. Refs. C]~TIFICAT~ ENGR.V46, ~ , 1973, F139-142. The duties and responsibilities of the rock mechanics engineer in "the mining industry are described. Computer ~rograms, and their application to selected problems are conMzlered.
Properties of rocks and soils 229 VASILEV, MV INST .MIN. SVERDLOVSK, SSR, SU SHCHELKAVOR, VA INST.MIN. SVERDLOVSK, SSR, SU ~,VG INST .MIN. SVEEDLOVSK, SSR, SU Some aspects of the physical properties of rocks in connection with c~e mimir~. 2F. SOVIET MIN. SCI.VT, EW, 1971, P400-402. A very general description of data requlred in plarming mlnimg operations.