Mine Seismicity Links

EQUIPMENT AND CONSULTANTS

Engineering Seismology Group http://www.esg.ca
ESG is one of the leading suppliers of seismic monitoring equipment in mines. Their head office is in Kingston, Canada.

Geoscience Australia Waveform Viewing http://www.ga.gov.au/urban/waveform.jsp
Geoscience Australia (GA) operates a series of earthquake seismographs throughout Australia. The data from any of these stations can be viewed on this website.

Integrated Seismic Systems International http://www.issi.co.za
ISSI is one of the leading suppliers of seismic monitoring equipment in mines. Their head office is in South Africa, with several regional offices around the world, including ISS Pacific based in Perth, Australia.

Map3D http://www.map3d.com
Map3D is a 3D boundary element numerical modelling program designed particularly for elastic stress analysis of mining geometries. Map3D contains a number of tools for visualising seismic events and numerical modelling results.

Seismology in Mining http://www.sim.co.za
A South African consultant specialising in seismicity in mines. This site contains a particularly interesting glossary of terms used in the field of seismicity in mines.

RESEARCH

Australian Centre for Geomechanics http://www.acg.uwa.edu.au
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics has undertaken industry sponsored mine seismicity research since 1999. The ACG website has more details on the current and past ACG research projects. The ACG hosted the Rockburst and Seismicity in Mines conference (RASIM6) in March 2005. Proceedings of RASIM6 are available through the ACG website.

Ground Control at CANMET MMSL http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/mines/control/control-e.htm
The CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories in Canada have been actively involved in mine seismicity research for a number of years. This website describes some of their activities and contains downloadable reports.

Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee http://www.simrac.co.za
SIMRAC is a government organisation in South Africa which sponsors research in rock engineering. Many of their projects are related to seismicity in mines. The final reports of these projects are available on the SIMRAC website.