... For deep mines where a microseismic monitoring programme will be implemented, one of the obstacles during the early stages of mine development is how to obtain adequate three-dimensional microseismic monitoring coverage with minimal access to the rock volume. The ability to utilize existing...

... Over the past 10 years, slope monitoring radar via the interferometry technique has evolved as an important tool for safety-critical monitoring of pit wall movements in surface mining. While radar can provide near real-time high spatial resolution surface displacement movement, the displacement...

... It is of utmost importance to maintain safety in mining by responding timeously to impending incidences. One means to this end is the use of real-time monitoring to create a buffer zone between danger and mining personnel. The work presented in this paper is part of research being undertaken...

... To assess the stability of large-scale underground caverns within steeply dipping rock strata, a high-resolution microseismic monitoring system was deployed in the right-bank underground powerhouse of the Wudongde hydropower station in southwest China. The progression of damage...

... surface monitoring systems in identifying potential instability and the associated failure mode. A challenge for this microseismic application is that many seismic events associated with slope movements are weak and they hardly trigger a microseismic monitoring system that is set up to record an event...