Effect of the rock properties on mining-induced seismicity around the Ventersdorp Contact Reef, Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 159, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 165-177

  Milev, A M ^a   Spottiswoode, S M ^a  

^a CSIR Division of Mining Technology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Convergence; Deep level mining; Mining induced seismicity; Rock properties

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; ORE BODY; SEISMIC MOMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND BASIN;

EID: 0036137566     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8179-1_8     Document Type: Article

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