Validation of a synthetic rock mass model using excavation induced microseismicity

Proceedings of the 1st Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium - Rock Mechanics Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 365-369

  Reyes Montes, J M ^a   Pettitt, W S ^a   Young, R P ^b  

^a Applied Seismology Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

DAMAGE DEVELOPMENT; ENGINEERED STRUCTURES; EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; JOINTED ROCK MASS; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; SYNTHETIC ROCK MASS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ROCKS;

EID: 56149116125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/noe0415444019-c45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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