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International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Volume 38 Number 6, September 2001.
Special Issue: Application of Geophysics to Rock Engineering.

Guest Editors: Koichi Sassa (Fukui University of Technology, Japan) and Laura J Pyrak-Nolte (Purdue University, USA)
CONTENTS:

"Preface" By Koichi Sassa*and Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte**,
(* Department of Civil Engineering, Fukui University of Technology, Japan, **Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, U.S.A.)

(1) "Compressional waves guided between parallel fractures"
By Changjiu Xian*, David D. Nolte** and Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte*,**,
(* Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, ** Department of Physics, Purdue University, U.S.A.)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, Professor,
Address: Department of Physics, Purdue University, 1396 Physics Building,
West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-1396, USA
Telephone: +1 765 494 3027
Fax: +1 765 494 0706
E-mail: ljpn@physics.purdue.edu

(2) "Active seismic monitoring of hydraulic fractures in laboratory experiments"
By C.J. de Pater, J. Groenboom, D.B. van Dam and R. Romijn
(Faculty of Applied Earth Sciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5028, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands)
Corresponding Author:
Name: C. J. de Pater, Professor,
Address: Faculty of Applied Earth Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
E-mail: C.J.dePater@citg.tudelft.nl

(3) "Seismic studies of rock fracture at the Underground Research Laboratory, Canada"
By R. Paul Young* and D. S. Collins**
( * Applied Seismology Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, Liverpool University, 4, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 7GP, UK, ** Applied seismology Consultants Ltd., Shrewsbury, UK )
Corresponding Author:
Name: R. Paul Young, Professor,
Address: Applied Seismology Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, Liverpool University, 4, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 7GP, U.K.
Telephone: +44 151 794 5178
Fax: +44 151 794 5178.
E-mail: r.p.young@liverpool.ac.uk (office)
E-mail 2: pz87@dial.pipex.com (mobile and home)

(4) "Determining the damping factor of sedimentary rocks required for seismically designed structures"
By M. H. Worthington, M. S. King and J. R. Marsden
(T. H. Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BP, U.K.)
Corresponding Author:
Name: M. H. Worthington, Professor,
Address: T. H. Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BP, U.K.
E-mail: m.worthington@ic.ac.uk

(5) "High resolution seismic refraction method using surface and borehole data for site characterization of rocks"
By K. Hayashi and T. Takahashi,
(OYO Corporation, 43 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0841, Japan)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Toru Takahashi,
Address: OYO Corporation, 43 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0841, Japan.
Telephone: +81 298 51 6621
Fax: +81 298 51 5450
E-mail: takahashi-toru@oyonet.oyo.co.jp

(6) "Characterization of fractured rock in the vicinity of tunnels by the swept impact Ssismic tchnique"
By Calin Cosma and Nicoleta Enescu, (Vibrometric Oy, Sitratori 3, FIN-00420, Helsinki, Finland.)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Calin Cosma,
Address: Vibrometric Oy, Sitratori 3, FIN-00420, Helsinki, Finland.
Telephone: +358 0 563 0700
Fax: +358 9 563 0800
E-mail: calin.cosma@vibrometric.fi

(7) "Seismic imaging ahead of a tunnel face with three-component geophones"
By Yuzuru Ashida
(Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Yuzuru Ashida,
Address: Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
Telephone: +81 75 753 5405
Fax: +84 75 753 5428
E-mail: ashida@tansa.kumst.kyoto-u.ac.jp

(8) "A suudy of the application of VSP to the exploration ahead of a tunnel"
By Ewald Bru"ckl*, W. Chwatal*, J. Do"lzlmu"ller** and W. Jo"bstl***,
(*Technical University of Vienna, Austria, **Verbundplan Pruf- und Messtechnik GmbH, Salzburg, Austria, ***ILF, GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Ewald Bru"ckl,
Address: Institut fu"r Theoretische Geoda"sie und Geophysik, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshaustrasse 27-29, A-1040 Wien, Austria.
Telephone: +43 1 58801 12820
Fax: +43 1 504 4232
E-mail: ebrueckl@luna.tuwien.ac.at

(9) "VSP in crystalline rocks - from downhole velocity profiling to 3-D fracture mapping"
By C. Cosma, P. Heikkinen, J. Keskinen and N. Enescu (Vibrometric Oy, Sitratori 3, FIN-00420 Helsinki, Finland)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Calin Cosma,
Address: Vibrometric Oy, Sitratori 3, FIN-00420, Helsinki, Finland.
Telephone: +358 0 563 0700
Fax: +358 9 563 0800
E-mail: calin.cosma@vibrometric.fi

(10) "Borehole seismic characterization of a heterogeneous rock"
By Toru Takahashi*, Takashi Imayoshi*, Hiroyuki Ishikawa** and Tomoyoshi Takeda**
(* OYO Corporation, 42 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba 305-0841, Japan, **Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Toru Takahashi,
Address: OYO Corporation, 43 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0841, Japan.
Telephone: +81 298 51 6621
Fax: +81 298 51 5450
E-mail: takahashi-toru@oyonet.oyo.co.jp

(11) "Seismic characterization of fracturing at Aspo Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden, from the kilometer scale to the meter scale"
By Calin Cosma*, Olle Olsson**, Jukka Keskinen and Pekka Heikkinen*
(* Vibrometric, Sitratori 3, 00420 Helsinki, Finland, ** Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Sweden)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Calin Cosma,
Address: Vibrometric Oy, Sitratori 3, FIN-00420, Helsinki, Finland.
Telephone: +358 0 563 0700
Fax: +358 9 563 0800
E-mail: calin.cosma@vibrometric.fi

(12) "Application of borehole logging, core imaging and tomography to geotechnical exploration"
By R. Schepers, G. Rafat, C. Gelbke and B. Lehmann
(Deutsch Montan Technologie GmbH，Mines & More Division, Am Technologiepark 1, 45307 Essen, Germany)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Bodo Lehmann,
Address: Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH, Mines & More Division,
Am Technologiepark 1, D-45307, Essen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 201 172 1980
Fax: 49 201 172 1640
E-mail: lehmann@dmt.de

(13) "Estimation of large-scale mechanical properties of a large landslide on the basis of seismic results"
By Ewald Brueckl and Miltos Parotidis
(Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshaustrasse 27-29, A-1040 Vienna, Austria)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Ewald Bru"ckl,
Address: Institut fu"r Theoretische Geoda"sie und Geophysik, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshaustrasse 27-29, A-1040 Wien, Austria.
Telephone: +43 1 58801 12820
Fax: +43 1 504 4232
E-mail: ebrueckl@luna.tuwien.ac.at

(14) "Delineation of rockburst fractures with ground penetrating radar in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa"
By Mark Grodner
(Geology and Geophysics, CSIR, Division of Mining Technology, P.O.Box 91230, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Mark Grodner,
Address: Geology and Geophysics, CSIR, Division of Mining Technology,
P.O.Box 91230, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa.
Telephone: +27 11 358 0046
Fax: +27 11 482 1214
E-mail: mgrodner@csir.co.za

(15) "Prediction of rockbursts by analysis of induced seismicity data"
By Vladimir A. Mansurov
(Siberian Aerospace Academy, 31 Krasnoyarsky Rabochy, P.O. Box 486, Krasnoyarsk, 660014, Russia)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Vladimir A. Mansurov,
Address: Siberian Aerospace Academy, 31 Krasnoyarsky Rabochy, P.O. Box 486, Krasnoyarsk, 660014, Russia.
Telephone: +7 3912 629554
Fax: +7 9312 647345
E-mail: geoman@online.ru

--- Technical Notes ---

(16) "Characterisation of rock ahead and around tunnels and boreholes by use of geophysical and geological methods"
By G. Rafat, Bodo Lehmann, A. Toumani, H. Rueter
(Deutsch Montan Technologie GmbH，Mines & More Division, Am Technologiepark 1, 45307 Essen, Germany)
Corresponding Author:
Name: Bodo Lehmann,
Address: Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH, Mines & More Division,
Am Technologiepark 1, D-45307, Essen, Germany.
Telephone: +49 201 172 1980
Fax: 49 201 172 1640
E-mail: lehmann@dmt.de