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Mining excavations, whether underground or open cast, induce elastic (reversible) and then inelastic (irreversible) deformation within the surrounding rock. Elastic deformation is defined as a process during which no new microdefects are nucleated while all existing microdefects convect with the mass without growing in size (Krajcinovic and Mastilovic, 1995). The potential energy accumulated during elastic deformation may be unloaded or it may be released gradually or suddenly during the processes of inelastic deformation.
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Mendecki, A.J. (1997). Quantitative Seismology and Rockmass Stability. In: Mendecki, A.J. (eds) Seismic Monitoring in Mines. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1539-8_10
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