Omori's law applied to mining-Induced seismicity and re-entry protocol development

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-106

  Vallejos, J A ^a   McKinnon, S D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aftershock sequences; Ground control; Mine safety; Mining induced seismicity; Omori's law; Re entry protocol

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; GROUND CONTROL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MINE; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77953120903     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0010-7     Document Type: Article

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