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P148 EVALUATION OF GEOTECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS VARIABILITY OF PIT MINING BY METHOD OF FRACTAL ANALYSIS Abstract 1 The author investigates the possibility of fractal analysis usage for estimating the variability of geotechnological parameters: density strength porosity and jointing of a massif. Calculated experimental values of fractal indices in homogeneous geological conditions allow to choose among these heterogeneous parameters the most variable one which enables to draw up a well-grounded chart of blasting operations. Introduction Fractal geometry and fractal analysis are comparatively new fields of science. In 1975 Benois Mandelbrot introduced the term fractal derived from the Roman word fractus which means