2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Risk evaluation of mining induced earthquakes by analyzing AE activity patterns on faults in deep gold mines in South Africa
| Project/Area Number |
26887022
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Solid earth and planetary physics
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Naoi Makoto 京都大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (10734618)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | Acoustic Emissions / induced earthquakes / repeating earthquakes / microseismicity |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We investigated AE activities in deep gold mines in South Aftica, where many earthquakes are induced by mining. We made an AE-event catalog by using data obtained by more than 1-year observation, and found many interesting activities which have not been known in previous studies: steady AE activities on geological faults, very small repeating earthquakes, and AEs likely delineating macroscopic damage zone that newly emerged in front of the mining front.
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| Free Research Field |
地震学
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