Ground Truth Collection for Mining Explosions in Northern Fennoscandia and Russia

• Main Authors: Harris, D., Ringdal, F., Kremenetskaya, E., Mykkeltveit, S., Rock, D. E., Schweitzer, J., Hauk, T., Lewis, J.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2004
• Subjects: Mining; Underground Explosions; Wave Forms; 58 Geosciences; Ground Truth Measurements; Surface Explosions; Explosions; Khibiny; Kiruna; Kovdor; Olenegorsk; Fennoscandia; Malmberget; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1418199/

Analysis of data from our deployments and ground truth collection in northern Fennoscandia and northwestern Russia shows systematic variations in the P/S ratios of different types of explosions. The fact that this fundamental discriminant varies with firing practice is not in itself surprising - suc...