Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007geoji.168..757s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 168, Issue 176, pp. 757-768.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Coal Mine, Poland, Seismic Moment Tensor, Seismic Tremors, Source Mechanism
Scientific paper
The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) in Poland is one of the most seismically active mining areas in the world. Seismic observations supported by the Central Mining Institute date back to the 1950s, and include an extensive mine tremors data bank, which has been in operation since that time. More than 55 900 mine tremors of energy E >= 105 J (local magnitude ML >= 1.5) occurred over the period 1974-2005.
In the USCB, two types of tremors can be distinguished. These are the so-called `mining-tectonic' seismicity and `mining' seismicity. The `mining-tectonic' seismicity results from the interaction between mining and tectonic factors. These seismic events appear to be located in tectonically disturbed zones and their sources are visibly more energetic. The mine tremor source mechanism can mostly be the normal dip-slip fault with a marked strike-slip component in the source region. The rupture plane azimuths and dips of these seismic events correlate well with the strike and dip of the pre-existing local faults, in the vicinity of which the mine tremor sources have been located. The generalized mine tremor source mechanism of the events under consideration contributed a less than 15 percent implosion component, an about 15 percent uniaxial compressional component, and an about 70 percent shear component to the total seismic moment tensor solution.
The second one-`mining seismicity'-is strongly associated with the mining activity and seismic events that occur in the vicinity of active mining excavations. These events are energetically weak and their source mechanism can be of explosive type. The total seismic moment tensor is composed of: 20-50 percent explosive component, practically the same amount of uniaxial compressional component and a very small amount of shear component (less than 10 percent).
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