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Gibowicz, Slawomir Jerzy was born on July 16, 1933 in Michnicze, Wilno, Poland. Son of Marian and Stefania (Hanusewicz) Gibowicz.
Died October 11, 2011 in Warsaw, Poland.
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An Introduction to Mining Seismology describes comprehensively the modern methods and techniques used to monitor and study seismicity and rockbursts in mines. Key case histories from various worldwide mining districts clearly illustrate and skillfully emphasize the practical aspects of mining seismology. This text is intended as a handbook for geophysicists and mining and rock mechanics engineers working at mines. It will also serve as an essential reference tool for seismologists working at research institutions on local seismicity not necessarily induced by mining. Key Features * Presents a comprehensive description of seismicity induced by mining worldwide * Provides information on optimum network planning and seismic event location procedures in deep mines * Covers a broad array of topics including focal mechanism, moment tensor, and double-couple versus non-double-couple seismic events in mines * Includes data on source parameters and scaling relations for seismic events in mines
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Recent seismological research has focused on processes other than pure shear failure (double-couple) as an alternative mechanism for some types of seismic events. This has been stimulated by what appears to be anomalous focal mecha nisms observed for several earthquakes of possible volcanic nature in the 1980 Mammoth Lakes, California sequence (JULIAN and SIPKIN, 1985; SIPKIN, 1986). Although studies have concentrated on earthquakes associated with magmatic processes, possible non-double-couple seismic failure has been observed, but not widely known, in cases of mine seismicity in the past three decades. Such cases have occurred on a world-wide basis; however, no cases until now have been observed in the United States. The existence of non-double-couple failure in mine seismicity has been controversial as it has been for tectonic/volcanic earthquakes. Several of the benchmark studies of mine seismicity in the deep South African gold mines have resulted in the belief that no fundamental distinction in the source mechanism exists between tectonic earthquakes and rock bursts (MCGARR, 1984); both types of events are the result of pure shear failure. However, the reported cases of implo sional focal mechanisms for mine seismicity continue to increase in number and prolong the controversy. During the summer of 1984, a three-dimensional, high resolution micro earthquake network was operated by Woodward-Clyde Consultants (WCC) in the vicinity of two coal mines beneath Gentry Mountain in the eastern Wasatch Plateau of central Utah.
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Gibowicz, Slawomir Jerzy was born on July 16, 1933 in Michnicze, Wilno, Poland. Son of Marian and Stefania (Hanusewicz) Gibowicz.
Died October 11, 2011 in Warsaw, Poland.
Master of Science, Warwaw University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, University Mining & Metallurgy, Cracow, 1962; Habilitation, University Mining & Metallurgy, Cracow, 1970.
Scientist Institute Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1956-1966, senior scientist, 1975-1980, professor, head department, 1980-1987, head of department, since 1994. Assistant director International Seismological Centre, Edinburgh, 1966-1968. Senior scientist geophysics division Department of Science and Industrial Research, Wellington, New Zealand, 1970-1974.
Visiting scientist Norwegian Seismic Array, Kjeller, Norway, 1987. Visiting professor Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 1988, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1989-1990. Consultant ISS International Limited, Welkom, South Africa, 1993.
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Member Polish Academy of Sciences (geophysical committee since 1980).
Married Jadwiga Sochocka, March 6, 1956. 1 child, Joanna Dutkiewicz.