Table of Contents

The Multidisciplinary Scope of Seismic and Rock Quality. Revealing Hidden Rock Conditions. Some Basic Principles of P, S and Q. Q and Q XVII Limitations of Refraction Seismic Bring Tomographic Solutions. Part 1: 1. Shallow Seismic Refraction, some Basic Theory, and the Importance of Rock Type 2. Environmental Effects on Velocity 3. Effects of Anisotropy on Vp 4. Cross-Hole Velocity and Cross-Hole Velocity Tomography 5. Relationships between Rock Quality, Depth and Seismic Velocity 6. Deformation Moduli and Seismic Velocities 7. Excavation Disturbed Zones and their Seismic Properties 8. Seismic Measurements for Tunnelling 9. Relationships between Vp, Lugeon Value, Permeability and Grouting in Jointed Rock Part 2: 10. Seismic Quality Q and Attenuation at Many Scales 11. Velocity Structure of the Earth’s Crust 12. Rock Stress, Pore Pressure, Borehole Stability and Sonic Logging 13. Rock Physics at Laboratory Scale 14. P-Waves for Characterising Fractured Reservoirs 15. Shear Wave Splitting in Fractured Reservoirs and Resulting from Earthquakes 16. Joint Stiffness and Compliance and the Joint Shearing Mechanism 17. Conclusions Appendix A: The Qrock Parameter Ratings

About the Author

Nick Barton has over 35 years of international experience in rock engineering from numerous tunnel, cavern and rock slope projects. He developed many tools and methods, such as the widely used Q-system, for rock classification and support selection and the Barton-Bandis constitutive laws for rock joint computer modeling. He currently teaches at the University of Sao Paulo and manages an international consultancy (Nick Barton & Associates, Sao Paulo -- Oslo).

Reviews

"! a most important contribution from which both rock mechanics engineers and geophysicists will benefit immensely." From: IJRMMS 44 (2007), 1172 - 1176