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Rock Slope Engineering: Fourth Edition (4th Edition) by Duncan C. Wyllie, Christopher W. Mah Paperback, 456 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-415-28001-X / 041528001X ISBN-13: 978-0-415-28001-3 / 9780415280013 The stability of rock slopes is an important issue in both civil and mining engineering. On civil projects, rock cuts must be safe from rock falls and large-scale slope instability during both construction and operation. In open pit mining, where slope heights can be many hundreds of meters, the ec |