The nature of a deformation zone and fault rock related to a recent rockburst at Western Deep Level Gold Mine, witwatersrand basin, South Africa

Tectonophysics

Volumn 337, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 173-190

  Stewart, R A ^a   Reimold, W U ^a   Charlesworth, E G ^a   Ortlepp, W D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SRK House   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brittle deformation; Fault gouge; Rockburst; Seismic event; Shear zone; witwatersrand mining

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GOLD; MINE; ROCKBURST; SHEAR ZONE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034842333     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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