Relative location of excavation induced microseismicity at the Underground Research Laboratory (AECL, Canada) using surveyed reference events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Reyes Montes, Juan M ^a,b   Rietbrock, A ^a   Collins, D S ^c   Young, R P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Applied Seismology Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; EXCAVATION; FRACTURE; MICROCRACKS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TUNNELS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MICROSEISMICITY; RELOCATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES (URL);

SEISMOLOGY;

DAMAGE; EXCAVATION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 20444492392     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021733     Document Type: Article

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