Research Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2010
Volume: 5
Issue: 5
Page No. 345 - 351

An Assesment of Underground Mine Enviromental Monitoring Methods at Zambia’s Copper Mines

Authors : Nchimunya Chaamwe, Wenyu Liu and Hongbo Jiang

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