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Public Domain Documents and Selected Publications

Public Domain Documents

2008 - Generic Seismic Risk Management Plan for Underground Hardrock Mines

          Technical Report, Australian Centre for Geomechanics

1997 - Rock Fracture and Rockbursts - an illustrative study, by W.D. Ortlepp

          Monograph Series M9, The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

1996 - Seismology for Rockbursts Prevention, Control and Prediction

          GAP 017 Final Report, Safety in Mines Research and Advisory Committee, South Africa

Mining-Induced Seismicity (General)

2010 - An Engineering Approach to Seismic Risk Management in Hardrock Mines

          Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

2010 - Sudbury Regional Seismic Network

          CIM Maintenance Engineering and Mine Operations (MEMO), Sudbury

2007 - Seismic Monitoring in Mines - Design, Operation, Tricks and Traps

             1st Canada-U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver

2001 - Keynote Address: Seismic Monitoring in Highly Mechanized Hardrock Mines in Canada and Australia

          RaSiM5 - 5th International Symposium on Rockburst and Seismicity in Mines, Johannesburg

Seismic Data Analysis

2010 - Applied Mine Seismology Concepts and Techniques

          PhD Thesis - Extended Summary

2008 - Analysis and Interpretation of Clusters of Seismic Events in Mines

             PhD Thesis - University of Western Australia

Seismic Hazard and Seismic Risk in Mines

2017 - Seismic Hazard in Canadian Mines

          CIM AGM, Montreal

2016 - Seismic Risk in Canadian Mines

          CIM Maintenance Engineering and Mine Operations (MEMO), Sudbury

2009 - A Survey of Seismic Risk in Mines

          18th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection, Banff

2007 - The Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive Seismic Risk Management Plan at LaRonde Mine

          4th International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining

2004 - Seismic Hazard In Western Australian Mines

          Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

2002 - Risk analysis for Mining-Induced Seismicity

          Proceedings 6th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium Mining, Toronto

2002 - Seismic Hazard Mapping at Mt. Charlotte Mine

          Proceedings 6th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium Mining, Toronto

Seismicity in Caving Mines

2008 - Seismic Monitoring of the Northparkes Lift 2 Block Cave - Part I Undercutting

           Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

2008 - Seismic monitoring of the Northparkes Lift 2 block cave - Part II production caving

           Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Mining and Rock Mechanics

2000 - Open Stope Mining in Canada

           MassMin 2000, Brisbane

1989 - Rib Pillar Design in Open Stope Mining

          CIM AGM, Edmonton

1989 - Open Stope Mining Practices in Canada

          CIM AGM, Edmonton

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