This manual documents the methods for generating stope-shapes using Version 5 of the Stope Shape Optimiser developed by Alford Mining Systems.

The Stope Shape Optimiser engine (also referred to as "SSO" in this manual) is available in commercial products that are marketed and supported by the mining software suppliers - Datamine, Maptek and Deswik have an established client base and several new suppliers have been added with the release of Version 3 (Hexagon, Geovia, RPM Global). The look and feel of the Stope Shape Optimiser product on each vendor platform will conform to the interface standards and functionality available in each environment. Additional capabilities may have been added by the vendor to fully integrate the Stope Shape Optimiser with the proprietary platform.

Руководство содержит теоретическую и практическую части. В теоретической части рассмотрены основные сейсмологические понятия и термины, приведена краткая историческая справка о развитии и становлении сейсмологии в России, описана структура Архангельской сейсмической сети, способы передачи данных в Архангельский сейсмологический стационар-обсерваторию (обрабатывающий центр), а также аппаратурное оснащение сети. Практическая часть посвящена методике первичной обработки и углубленного анализа - программному комплексу обработки сейсмограмм WSG, принятой в Геофизической службе РАН.

Содержит основные сведения по обшей направленности и последовательности инженерных изысканий при сейсмическом микро районирован и и на глинистых грунтах. Приведен рациональный комплекс геолого геофизических методов, позволяющих дать, оценку сейсмической интенсивности в районах развития глинистых образований.
Для инженерно-технических работников проектно-изыскательских организаций.

Программа DEEPSOIL предназначена для выполнения одномерного анализа отклика грунта, с ее помощью возможно осуществление: a) одномерного нелинейного анализа во временной области с созданием порового давления и без него и b) одномерного линейного эквивалентного анализа в частотной области, включая конволюцию и деконволюцию.   
Программа DEEPSOIL была разработана под руководством профессора Юссефа M. A. Хашаша студентами и выпускниками Университета штата Иллинойс в Урбана-Шампейн: Дуи Парком, Чи-Чин Цаем, Камило Филлипсом, Дэвидом Р. Гроховски, Дэниелом Тернером, Майклом Масгроувом, Бюнг Мин Кимом и Джозефом Хармоном. <...>

Гипоцентр - точка очага, в которой начинается процесс движения по разлому при землетрясении; характеризуется географическими координатами и глубиной очага. Гипоцентр инструментальный точка очага, в которой начинается процесс движения по разлому; определяется по данным сейсмических станций. Гипоцентр макросейсмический - точка очага, соответствующая максимальной плотности выделившейся сейсмической энергии; определяется по макросейсмическим наблюдениям. Землетрясение максимальное расчетное (МРЗ)- землетрясение, вызывающее на площадке строительства сотрясение максимальной интенсивности за период 10 000 лет.

The objective of this chapter is to provide a foundation for the rest of the Handbook. It does so by initially describing the history and outlining the purpose, which is then followed by a definition of its structure or organization, which is immediately succeeded by a Reader’s Guide for each chapter. Finally, it alerts the wader to the current rush of events that make for a short shelf life for some of the presented information, especially laws in force and controlling political events. Nevertheless, this Handbook is designed to be more a manual stressing basic principles that change little, rather than a textbook supplier of details that are constantly in transition. As such, the Authors and Editors have tried to focus upon more universal design concepts in the field. Even if specific examples become dated, the Handbook is meant to be an enduring repository of basic engineering theories that form the foundation of environmental protection in the mining industry.  <...>

Tailings are a waste product of the mining process. Described simplistically, material excavated from the mine is categorized as either ore or waste, and waste is generally hauled to a waste rock storage facility while ore is hauled or conveyed to a mill and plant for processing. Ore is processed to extract a desired commodity and the remaining material is considered tailings, which also includes any chemical additives and water that may have been used during processing. Water may be recovered from the tailings and recirculated through the process plant prior to transporting the tailings to a tailings storage facility (TSF) or using the tailings as backfill for underground mine voids. <...>

Drilling occurs in all nations around the world, and in the seas surrounding those nations, using drilling rigs to bore into the earth.
Drilling:

• provides information about resources (minerals, construction material, oil, gas, water) and also provides access to those resources.

• helps with developing infrastructure in foundations, piling, and constructing dams, and in laying underground cables for energy transmission and  communications.
• helps to gather information such as ground strength, ground formations and composition, and the presence and quality of groundwater (geotechnical, seismic, and environmental).
The drilling industry contributes more than its expected share to a nation’s economy, because it supports a number of other industries – construction and infrastructure development, mining, energy supply (oil, gas, coal, hydro-electricity and geothermal) and housing, agriculture, and rural development through groundwater supply <...>

What is cartography today? When I look back on the first and second editions of this book, it’s almost like seeing cartography as it progressed since 2009 and it now looks almost nothing like it did then. The expansion of what’s possible has been incredible. Massive technological change, accompanied by free, open, highly detailed, and reliable datasets, along with a surge of interest in the field from all corners, combined to make what was once impossible cartographically, possible.

This guide evolved from the materials that I have gathered over the years, mainly as lecture notes used for the 5–day training course GEOSTAT. This means that, in order to understand the structure of this book, it is important that you understand how the course evolved and how did the students respond to this process. The GEOSTAT training course was originally designed as a three–week block module with a balanced combination of theoretical lessons, hands on software training and self-study exercises.