3-D tomographic imaging of anomalous stress conditions in a deep US gold mine

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Friedel, M J ^a   Scott, D F ^b   Jackson, M J ^a   Williams, T J ^b   Killen, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

^c BRW Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK BURSTS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; STOPING; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

AVERAGE VELOCITY TOMOGRAM; BACKFILLED STOPES; COMPRESSIONAL STRESS; COMPRESSIONAL WAVE TRAVEL TIME; ROBUST FINAL VELOCITY MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ISOPROBABILITY SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION;

GOLD MINES;

MINE; MINING INDUCED STRESS; ROCK BURST; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

USA, SOUTH DAKOTA, LEAD, HOMESTAKE MINE;

EID: 0030292001     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(96)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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