Use of microseismic source parameters for rockburst hazard assessment

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-65

  Alcott, Jane M ^a   Kaiser, Peter K ^a   Simser, Brad P ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hazard assessment; Microseismicity; Rockbursts; Source parameters

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; ROCKBURST; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EID: 0032416046     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050184     Document Type: Article

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