Identification of delay-fired mining explosions using seismic arrays: Application to the PDAR Array in Wyoming, USA

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 989-1001

  Arrowsmith, Stephen J ^a,c   Hedlin, Michael A H ^a   Arrowsmith, Marie D ^b   Stump, Brian W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLASTING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKES; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC ARRAYS; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; TIME-FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION;

MINE EXPLOSIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARRAY; EXPLOSION; MINING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 34250872777     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060136     Document Type: Article

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