Source mechanism of mining induced seismic events - Resolution of double couple and non double couple models

Tectonophysics

Volumn 456, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-15

  Šílený, Jan ^a   Milev, Alexander ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amplitude inversion; Driefontein gold mine in S. Africa; Mining induced seimic events; Source mechanism: moment tensor vs. single force

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXCAVATION; HANGING WALL; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; P-WAVE; POINT SOURCE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHEAR STRESS; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; DRIEFONTEIN MINE; NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47049094757     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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