An anatomy of a seismic sequence in a deep gold mine

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 393-414

  Gibowicz, S J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Fractal correlation dimension; Induced seismicity; Seismic moment tensor; Seismic sequence; Source parameters

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031438957     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050084     Document Type: Article

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