The use of waveform similarity to define planes of mining-induced seismic events

Tectonophysics

Volumn 289, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 51-60

  Spottiswoode, S M ^a   Milev, A M ^a  

^a CSIR Division of Mining Technology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mining induced seismicity; Stress multiplet location method; Waveform

Indexed keywords

MINING INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; WAVEFORM SIMILARITY;

SOUTH AFRICA, WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 0031843088     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00306-5     Document Type: Article

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