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Seismicity in Deep Gold Mines of South Africa: Implications for Tectonic Earthquakes

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Date Published: 
June 2002
Authors: 
Eliza Richardson
Thomas H. Jordan

We have studied induced seismicity associated with five deep gold mines located in the Far West Rand district, Republic of South Africa, focusing on the digital data recorded from January 1994 until February 2000 by in-mine arrays of three-component geophones

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Richardson, E., and T.H. Jordan. 2002. Seismicity in deep gold mines of South Africa: Implications for tectonic earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 92(5):1766-1782.

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