Spatio-temporal analysis of stress diffusion in a mining-induced seismicity system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3697-3700

  Marsan, David ^a   Bean, Christopher J ^a   Steacy, Sandy ^a,b   McCloskey, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTALS; MINING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTAL FAULT NETWORKS; STRESS DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION EXPONENT; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; ONTARIO , CANADA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CORRELATION;

SEISMOLOGY; INDUCED SEISMICITY;

MICROEARTHQUAKE; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD;

CANADA; CREIGHTON MINE; ONTARIO;

EID: 0033573411     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010829     Document Type: Article

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