Rocks are generally heterogeneous and anisotropic. The development of the geological sciences has required some form of classification. This has been based largely on origin and mineral contents. Such classifications meat geological requirements but, except in an empirical sense, give little indication of rocks reaction to stress. Even at the present time, most operations involving rocks are initiated and conducted more or less on a trial-and-error basis. Research to develop methods of predicting rock behavior under mining conditions is the only alternative to these empirical methods. In a scientific age such research becomes very urgent.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115502 |
| Date | January 1964 |
| Creators | Gill, Denis. E. |
| Contributors | Morrison, R. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering. (Department of Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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