Seismicity Associated with Mines, Reservoirs and Fluid Injections [Paperback]

This volume contains 18 papers from 8 countries dealing with different aspects of triggered and induced seismicity. In situ observations of the phenomenon include examples of seismicity due to reservoirs, hard-rock mines, coal mines, mine collapses, brine production caverns, fluid injections, and geothermal hot-dry-rock projects. High-frequency acoustic emission studies from laboratory experiments and hard-rock mines have also been reported. Besides providing case studies of previously unavailable observations of seismicity, the present volume contains investigations of the causes and source mechanism of seismic events, determination of source parameters, seismic hazard as related to the design of support systems for underground openings and procedures for closure of brine production caverns, and the use of seismic and non-destructive techniques in assessing rock damage, measuring dynamic elastic moduli and detecting discontinuities. This collection of papers provides an excellent indication of the state of the art, recent developments and outstanding challenges facing scientists and engineers in understanding the causes and alleviating the effects of induced seismicity.Reprint from Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH), Volume 150 (1997), No. 3/4A Mechanism for High Wall-rock Velocities in Rockbursts.- An Anatomy of a Seismic Sequence in a Deep Gold Mine.- Scaling Laws for the Design of Rock Support.- Predisposition to Induced Seismicity in Some Czech Coal Mines.- Spatial Distribution of Mining Tremors and the Relationship to Rockburst Hazard.- Induced Seismicity in Liaoning Province, China.- On the Nature of Reservoir-induced Seismicity.- Seismicity around Dhamni Dam, Maharashtra, India.- Seismotectonics of the Koyna-Warna Area, India.- Delineation of Active Faults, Nucleation Process and Pore Pressure Measurements at Koyna (India).- Seismic and Aseismic Slips Induced by Large-scale Fluid Injections.- Induced Microseismicity and Procedure for Closure of Brine Prodló`