Erik Westman

Erik Westman

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

H-index: 18

North America-United States

About Erik Westman

Erik Westman, With an exceptional h-index of 18 and a recent h-index of 13 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, specializes in the field of Mining, Induced Seismicity.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Research on failure mechanism and support technology of fractured rock mass in an undersea gold mine

Passive Tomographic Study on Velocity Changes in Underground Mines Using Tabular Mesh Grids

The aftershock sequence at a deep nickel mine: temporal and spatial distribution, magnitude distribution, and aftershock decay following major events

Stress redistribution in a longwall yield pillar—a comparison between active seismic tomography and theory

Underground rock mass behavior prior to the occurrence of mining induced seismic events

Review of the evolution of mining-induced stress and the failure characteristics of surrounding rock based on microseismic tomography

Time-dependent monitoring of seismic wave velocity variation associated with three major seismic events at a deep, narrow-vein mine

A conceptual protocol for integrating multiple parameters for risk assessment due to induced seismicity in a deep mine

Erik Westman Information

University

Position

Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering

Citations(all)

978

Citations(since 2020)

535

Cited By

612

hIndex(all)

18

hIndex(since 2020)

13

i10Index(all)

29

i10Index(since 2020)

18

Email

University Profile Page

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Erik Westman Skills & Research Interests

Mining

Induced Seismicity

Top articles of Erik Westman

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Research on failure mechanism and support technology of fractured rock mass in an undersea gold mine

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Xingdong Zhao

Qiankun Zhu

Erik Westman

Shanghuan Yang

2023/12/31

Passive Tomographic Study on Velocity Changes in Underground Mines Using Tabular Mesh Grids

Lithosphere

Xu Ma

Erik Westman

Kai Guo

Enji Sun

Tao Yang

2022/8/16

The aftershock sequence at a deep nickel mine: temporal and spatial distribution, magnitude distribution, and aftershock decay following major events

Acta Geophysica

Xu Ma

Erik Westman

Farid Malek

Baisheng Nie

Shuangshuang Lin

2022/6

Stress redistribution in a longwall yield pillar—a comparison between active seismic tomography and theory

Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration

Erik C Westman

Jessica M Wempen

Dallan J Coons

Michael K McCarter

William G Pariseau

2022/6

Underground rock mass behavior prior to the occurrence of mining induced seismic events

Geotechnics

Setareh Ghaychi Afrouz

Erik Westman

Kathryn Dehn

Ben Weston

2022/9/5

Review of the evolution of mining-induced stress and the failure characteristics of surrounding rock based on microseismic tomography

Qiankun Zhu

Xingdong Zhao

Erik Westman

2021/9/16

Time-dependent monitoring of seismic wave velocity variation associated with three major seismic events at a deep, narrow-vein mine

Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration

Setareh Ghaychi Afrouz

Erik Westman

Kathryn Dehn

Ben Weston

2021/2

A conceptual protocol for integrating multiple parameters for risk assessment due to induced seismicity in a deep mine

Setareh Ghaychi Afrouz

Erik C Westman

KK Dehn

B Weston

D Luxbacher

2020/6/28

Comparison of Tomography to Numerical Modeling for Stress Monitoring in an Instrumented Pillar

MM Murphy

BA Slaker

MM Sears

EC Westman

2020/6/28

Investigation of the conductivity of a proppant mixture using an experiment/simulation-integrated approach

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Ming Fan

Yanhui Han

Ming Gu

James McClure

Nino Ripepi

...

2020/6/1

Passive seismic imaging of stress evolution with mining-induced seismicity at hard-rock deep mines

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Xu Ma

Erik Westman

Dave Counter

Farid Malek

Brent Slaker

2020/6

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