Induced stress and microseismicity in the 3000 Orebody, Mount Isa

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-233

  Beck, D A ^a   Brady, B H G ^a   Grant, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Mount Isa Mine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Induced seismicity; Induced stress; Mining; Numerical modeling; Stress path

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

INDUCED STRESSES; MICROSEISMICITY; STRESS PATH;

COPPER MINES;

DEFORMATION; MICROSEISMICITY; MINING INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; STRESS PATH;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, MOUNT ISA;

EID: 0031236524     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00880826     Document Type: Article

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