Energy budgets of mining-induced earthquakes and their interactions with nearby stopes

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 437-443

  McGarr, A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; EXCAVATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD MINES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MINING-INDUCED EARTHQUAKES;

MINING;

ENERGY BUDGET; FRICTION; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; STOPING; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 0033902258     PISSN: 01489062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1365-1609(99)00118-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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