Partial stress drop and frictional overshoot mechanism of seismic events induced by mining

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-20

  Gibowicz, S J ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apparent stress; Brune's stress drop; Frictional overshoot; Induced seismicity; Orowan's condition; Partial stress drop

Indexed keywords

MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032414362     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050182     Document Type: Article

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