Propagation effects of an underground excavation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 289, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 17-30

  Maxwell, S C ^a   Young, R P ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference; Induced seismicity; Seismic imaging; Stress; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; PROPAGATION; SEISMICITY; TUNNELLING;

EID: 0031818777     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00304-1     Document Type: Article

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