2011 Seminar on: The Future of Monitoring Seismic Rock Mass Response to Mining

23 & 24 May, Arabella Country Estate, Hermanus, South Africa

Sunday 22 May 09h30, Arabella Estate: Meeting of the International Research Advisory Board of the Institute of Mine Seismology

Sunday Evening 22 May 18h00 - Ice-breaker

Monday 23 May 08h30 - Lectures on Key Issues in Monitoring & Modelling Seismic Rock Mass Response to Mining

Tuesday 24 May 08h30 - Presentations on Practical Applications of Monitoring and Modelling Seismic Rock Mass Response to Mining

25 - 27 May, IMS Offices, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Wednesday 25 May 08h30 - A Course on Quantification of Seismic Sources & Processing of Seismological Data

Thursday 26 May 08h30 - A Course on Seismic Hazard in Mines

Friday 27 May 08h30 - A Course on High Definition Rock Mass Characterization with Active and Passive Seismic

Confirmed Presentations as at 07 February 2011

Integration: Seismology and Rock Mechanics GeoRisk and Fault Slip Control in DeepMining, Prof. Peter Kaiser,

President and CEO of CEMI, Canada

The Use ofMicroseismicMonitoring to Calibrate Numerical Models of Rockmass Failure, Dr Richard K. Brummer, Itasca Consulting Canada

Observations of Seismicity, Stress, Strain and Strength During Cave Initiation and Propagation, Dr David Beck, Beck Engineering, Australia

Modelling of DeepMine Rock Fracture Processes, Dr John Napier, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Functional Specifications for In-stope Support Based on Seismic Observations and Theory, Prof. Ray Durrheim, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Self- and Cross-Influence BEMIntegrals of Distributed Dislocations and Tractions, Dr Assen Ilchev, Institute of Mine Seismology 

Utility of Material Point Method to Model Seismic Deformation, Dr Assen Ilchev and Gys Basson, Institute of Mine Seismology

Results of Seismic Monitoring at Zhelezniy Open Pit at Kola Peninsula, Prof. Anatoliy A. Kozyrev, Mining Institute Apatity, Russia

Evolution of Seismicity Driven by Combination ofMining Induced and Tectonic Stresses at Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Prof. Nikolay N.Melnikov, Mining Institute Apatity, Russia

Seismology & Seismic Hazard Monitoring the Earth’s Interiors Using Ambient Seismic Noise,

Dr Florent Brenguier, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Modellingwaveforms of seismic sources induced by room-and-pillar mining and by an underground hydrocarbon storage, Prof. Aleksander S. Voznesenskii, Moscow State Mining University

Attenuation of P- and S-wave in the Mining Districts Observed at Surface, and Attenuation as Controlling Factor of Strong Ground 2Motion Prediction Model, Dr Artur Cichowicz, Council for Geoscience, South Africa

Imaging Direction of Rupture and Inverting Slip Velocity of Seismic Events in Mines, Dr Ernest Lötter, Institute of Mine Seismology

Peculiarity of Seismic Source Mechanisms in Mines Dr Dmitriy Malovichko, Institute of Mine Seismology

VolumeMined and Seismic Hazard - A case study, Lourens Scheepers and Gerhard Morkel, AngloGoldAshanti

Forecasting Seismic Hazard in Time and VolumeMined Domain, Dr Aleksander Mendecki and Cornel du Toit, Institute of Mine Seismology 

Routine Short TermGroundMotion Hazard Assessment inMines, Dr Gerrie van Aswegen, Institute of Mine Seismology

High Resolution Active Seismic Monitoring in Mines; Dr Richard Lynch, Institute of Mine Seismology

New Technologies for Monitoring Seismic Rock Mass Response to Mining, Gareth Goldswain, Institute of Mine Seismology

Seismology Research and Training On SA Capability for Training and Education in Rock Mechanics

and Seismology, Dr Matthew Handley, Hands on Mining, South Africa

Growing Seismologists in South Africa, Prof. Ray Durrheim, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Key Issues inMine Seismology Research, Dr Aleksander Mendecki, Institute of Mine Seismology

For registrations please contact Rynelle.Eksteen@IMSeismology.org.