Mine Seismology: Seismic Warning Concept Case Study from Vaal Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa /

• Main Author: Glazer, S.N (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Geophysics.; Civil engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Natural disasters.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Civil Engineering.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.

This book illustrates how mine seismology can be used to improve underground safety standards. It describes several preventive actions that have been put into practice at the 5B Area of No. 5 Shaft Vaal Reefs gold mine after issuing seismic warnings. These included additional safety pillars, changes...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Seismicity of the Klerksdorp Goldfields and Resulting Seismic Hazard
• Chapter 3 Concept of Apparent Stress Index
• Chapter 4 No. 5 Shaft Experiment with Seismic Warning
• Chapter 5 Status of the Networks in the Klerksdorp Area by June 1997
• Chapter 6 What Happened After 1997?
• Index.