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A rock burst is a spontaneous, violent failure of rock that can occur in high-stress mines. Although mines may experience many mining-related seismic events, only the tremors associated with damage to accessible mine workings are classified as rock bursts.[1] The opening of mine workings relieves neighboring rocks of tremendous pressure, which can cause the rock to fail explosively or trigger abrupt movement in nearby geological structures. Rock bursts are a serious hazard; in South Africa, they kill roughly 20 miners each year.[2][3]
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- ^ Whyatt, J.K.; Blake, W.; Williams, T.J.; White, B.G. (February 2002). 60 Years of Rockbursting in the Coeur d'Alene District of Northern Idaho, USA: Lessons Learned and Remaining Issues. 109th Annual Exhibit and Meeting, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. www.cdc.gov. Phoenix, Arizona. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
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- ^ Monroe, James S.; Wicander, Reed (1997). The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution (2nd ed.). Belmont: West Publishing Company. p. 96. ISBN 0-314-09577-2.
