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Semi-controlled seismogenic experiments in South Africa deep gold mines

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10554019
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field 固体地球物理学
Research InstitutionNagoya University (2000)
Kyoto University (1998-1999)

Principal Investigator

ANDO Masatala  Science of school, Nagoya University, professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (80027292)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YANAGIDANI Takashi  Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Assistant Professor, 防災研究所, 助教授 (00259128)
ISHII Hiroshi  Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Professor, 地震研究所, 教授 (30004386)
OGASAWARA Hiroshi  College of Science and engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Assitsant Professor, 理工学部, 助教授 (40213996)
TANANO Masao  Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Assistant Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (90262849)
YAMAOKA Koshun  Graduate school of Science, Nagoya University, Assistant Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (70183118)
住友 則彦  京都大学, 防災研究所, 教授 (50026788)
大倉 敬宏  京都大学, 総合人間学部, 助手 (40233077)
西上 欽也  京都大学, 防災研究所, 助教授 (00189276)
楠瀬 勤一郎  通産省, 地質調査所, 主任研究官
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥9,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥5,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000)
KeywordsInduced earthquake / Semi-controlled experiment / Stress / 至近距離 / 高ダイナミックレンジ / 総合観測 / 前兆 / S波スプリッティング / b値 / 歪 / 南アフリカ / 金鉱石 / 歪観測 / 極近傍観測 / 地震の一生 / 初期破壊過程
Research Abstract

To monitor both normal and shear strain on the fault where an M3 event is expected, an Ishii's borehole strainmeter and a 24-bit 25-Hz continuous data acquisition system were installed several meters from the fault underground in a gold mine in South Africa. Together with an accelerogram monitoring system with a dynamic range of 132 db and a sampling frequency of 15 kHz, in the last financial year, we got ready to monitor a whole life of an earthquake with good resolution and without clipping. However, the monitoring was postponed until this financial year because it took time to recover from an underground fire and a big tremor. Though we had to wait until the last September, we could make preliminary analysis of strain recordings after the last September using a data analysis software XMTS.We found that the observed earth tide had good agreement with that theoretically estimated, indicating that the strainmeter potentially detect as subtle changes as 10^<-9>, as originally designed. We are waiting for the start of mining, after which we expect to reveal a whole seismogenic processes, beginning with accumulation of stress followed by nucleation after a peak strength, together with a slip weakening or such post seismic effects as strength recovery.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All Other

All Publications (24 results)

  • [Publications] T.Satoh et al.: "Near Source observation of small initial phase generated by earthquakes in a deep gold mine in South Africa"I seismogenic Process Monitoring. (2001)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Norihiko Sumitomo: "International Research : Semi-controlled experiment for earthquake generation"Chikyu Monthly. 229 (in Japanses). 391-394 (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoshihisa Iio: "The monitoring of a whole life of an earthquake"Chikyu Monthly. 229 (in Japanese). 395-397 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akio Cho, Kin'ichiro Kusunose, Takashi Sato, Yoshihisa Iio, Takahiro Ohkura and Masataka Ando: "Mining and tremors in South African gold mines"Chikyu Monthly. 229 (in Janpanese). 398-403 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masataka Ando and Kin'ichiro Kusunose: "On the system predicting seismic activity in South African gold mines"Chikyu monthly. 229 (in Janpanese). 404-407 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Alexander Mendecki (translated by Hiroshi Ogasawara, Takayumi Miwa, Satoshi Nishii, Sizuka Sato, and Kazuo Mino).: "Rockbursts prediction research and application to South African gold mines - quantitative seismology and rockmass instability-"Chikyu monthly. 229 (in Japanese). 408-418 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiroshi Ishii, Takahiro Ohkura and the Research Group for International experiment in South African gold mines: "Earthquake generation and strain monitoring in South African gold mines"Chikyu monthly. 229 (in Janpanese). 419-422 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Shizuka Sato, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Takayumi Miwa, Satoshi Nishii, Takahiro Ohkura and Kazuo Mino: "The characteristics of the mine tremors in South African gold mines"Chikyu Monthly. 229 (in Japanese). 423-427 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Satoshi Nishii, Takayumi Miwa, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Takahiro Ohkura and Kazuo Mino: "Accelerograms at the closest distance and a scaling law"Chikyu monthly. 229 (in Japanese). 428-431 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Naoko Nagai, Masataka Ando, Hiroaki Negishi, Takahiro Ohkura and Hiroshi Ogasawara: "S-wave splitting in a gold mine"Chikyu monthly. 229 (in Japanese). 436-439 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiroshi Ogasawara, Masao Takano, Akio Cho, Takafumi Kasaya, Norihiko Sumitomo and Tadanori Goto: "The Environment for electro-magnetic monitoring and an attempt to monitor electro-magnetic emission associated with mine tremors in a South African gold mine"Chikyu monthly. 229 (in Japanese). 440-444 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiroshi Ogasawara, Masao Takano, Takafumi Kasaya, Akio Cho and The Research Group for Semi-controlled Experiment for Earthquake Generation Process in South African Deep Gold Mine: "An attempt to monitor electro-magnetic emission at 20 m hypocentral distance associated with earthquakes"Proceedings of the Conductivity Anomaly Research Group. (in Japanese with English abstract and captions). 159-166 (1998)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] The Research Group for Semi-controlled Experiment for Earthquake Generation Process in South African Deep Gold Mine (H.Ogasawara, S.Sato, S.Nishii): "The stress fluctuation monitored by seismic source parameters at about 200 m hypocenter distance prior to M2 event in a South African deep gold mine"Proceedins of the GSJ Workshop, Fault Rocks and Seismogenic Process - Deformation of Fault Materials : Field Observations, Laboratory Studies, and Modeling -, Geol.Surv.Japan Interim Report. no. EQ/99/1. 77-80 (1999)

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] The Research Group for Semi-controlled Experiment for Earthquake Generation Process in South African Deep Gold Mine (H.Ogasawara, H.Ishii, S.Nakao): "An attempt of 10Hz continuous 3-dimensional strain monitoring on a source fault in a South African deep gold mine where M=2 event is promising"Proceedings of the GSJ Workshop, Fault Rocks and Seismogenic Process - Deformation of Fault Materials : Field Observations, Laboratory Studies, and Modeling -, Geol.Surv.Japan Interim Report. no.EQ/99/1. 81-84 (1999)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Satoh, T.and The Research Group for Semi-controlled experiment in South African Gold mine: "Near source observation of small intial phase generated by earthquakes in a deep gold mine in South Africa, Seismogenic Process Monitoring (Ogasawara ed.)"Balkema, accepted.

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      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Saton el al: "Near Source observation of smell in inial phase generated ky earthhualces in a deep gold mine in Starth Africa"In Seismogenic Process Monitonng. (2001)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] H.Ogasawara et al.: "The Stress fluctuation monitored by seismic source parameters at about 200m hypocenter distance P M^2 event in a South African deep gold mine"Geol. Surv. Japan Interim Report. EQ/99/1. 77-80 (1999)

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      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] H.Ogasawara et al.: "An attempt of 10Hz continuous 3-dimensional strain monitoring on a source fault in a South African deep gold mine Where M=2 event is promising"Geol Surv Japan Interim Report. EQ/99/1. 81-84 (1999)

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      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 住友 則彦: "国際共同研究;地震発生の半制御実験" 月刊地球. Vol.20・No.7. 391-394 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 飯尾 能久: "地震の一生を捉える" 月刊地球. Vol.20・No.7. 395-397 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 長 秋雄他: "南アフリカ金鉱山の掘削と地震" 月刊地球. Vol.20・No.7. 398-403 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 安藤 雅孝他: "南アフリカ金鉱山における地震活動予測システムについて" 月刊地球. Vol.20・No.7. 404-407 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] A.J.Mendecki: "山はねの予知研究と南アフリカ金鉱山への適用" 月刊地球. Vo.20・No.7. 408-418 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 石井 紘他: "南アフリカ金鉱山における歪観測と地震発生" 月刊地球. Vol.20・No.7. 419-422 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report

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