Spottiswoode, SMLinzer, LMMajiet, S2009-04-232009-04-232008-09Spottiswoode, SM. Linzer, LM and Majiet, S. 2008. Energy and stiffness of mine models and seismicity. 1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium (SHIRMS 2008), Perth, Western Australia, 16-19 September 2008, pp 693-707978-0-9804185-5-2http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3333Copyright: 2008 Australian Centre for GeomechanicsThe researchers analysed seismicity in two deep gold mines in terms of strain energy release during mining. Mining took place with regularly-spaced dip pillars and backfill for regional support. The mines were chosen to represent mining of the Carbon Leader reef (CLR) and the Ventersdorp Contact reef (VCR). More than 500,000 m2 of reef were mined over several years and generated more than 10,000 events of magnitude greater than 0,0 in each case. The researchers proposed a simple softening model to explain the CLR behaviourenSeismicityGold minesMine modelsGeomachanicsRock mechanics1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics SymposiumSHIRMS 2008MiningConference PresentationSpottiswoode, S., Linzer, L., & Majiet, S. (2008). Energy and stiffness of mine models and seismicity. Australian Centre for Geomachanics. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3333Spottiswoode, SM, LM Linzer, and S Majiet. "Energy and stiffness of mine models and seismicity." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3333Spottiswoode S, Linzer L, Majiet S, Energy and stiffness of mine models and seismicity; Australian Centre for Geomachanics; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3333 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Spottiswoode, SM AU - Linzer, LM AU - Majiet, S AB - The researchers analysed seismicity in two deep gold mines in terms of strain energy release during mining. Mining took place with regularly-spaced dip pillars and backfill for regional support. The mines were chosen to represent mining of the Carbon Leader reef (CLR) and the Ventersdorp Contact reef (VCR). More than 500,000 m2 of reef were mined over several years and generated more than 10,000 events of magnitude greater than 0,0 in each case. The researchers proposed a simple softening model to explain the CLR behaviour DA - 2008-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Seismicity KW - Gold mines KW - Mine models KW - Geomachanics KW - Rock mechanics KW - 1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium KW - SHIRMS 2008 KW - Mining LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 SM - 978-0-9804185-5-2 T1 - Energy and stiffness of mine models and seismicity TI - Energy and stiffness of mine models and seismicity UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3333 ER -