Spatial predictions of geological rock mass properties based on in-situ interpretations of multi-dimensional seismic data

Engineering Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 99-116

  Klose, C D ^a,b   Loew, S ^a   Giese, R ^b   Borm, G ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Engineering geology; Geoengineering; Geological prediction; Hazard assessment; Neural networks; Rock mass characterization; Safety assessment; Seismic in situ measurements; Self Organizing Maps; Tomographic images; Underground mining

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

GEOENGINEERING; ROCK MASS CHARACTERIZATION; UNDERGROUND MINING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAPPING; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTTHARD TUNNEL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34548038803     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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