Future Prospects of Muography for Geological Research and Geotechnical and Mining Engineering

Holma, Marko; Zhang, Zong-Xian; Kuusiniemi, P.; Loo, Kai; Enqvist, T.

doi:10.1002/9781119722748.ch15

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“…The close connection between geoscience and muography has continued to flourish with the introduction of the many new application related to earth materials (not only rocks but also sediments), such as those related to volcanoes [5,13,14,15], mineral exploration and mining operations [16,17,18], geoengineering [16,17,19], and in many, many other types of geoscience research challenges [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30]. In all of its varied forms, the connection between muography and subsurface research has recently culminated in the first-ever book solely dedicated to muography.…”

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Trends in Publishing Muography Related Research: The Situation at the End of 2020

Holma¹,

Kuusiniemi²,

Joutsenvaara³

2022

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Cosmic-ray muography is a novel method for density characterization of gaseous, solid, and liquid materials in various dimensions and with numerous distinct technologies. The number of applications of muography is on a constant rise, as is also the number of authors, affiliations, journals, publishers, funding agencies, and countries that can be related to muography literature. We have applied the Web of Science global citation database to collect statistics of muography-related publications to draw a snapshot of where muography was at the end of 2020, how it got there, and where the current trends may get it in the future.

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Trends in Publishing Muography Related Research: The Situation at the End of 2020

Holma¹,

Kuusiniemi²,

Joutsenvaara³

2022

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“…To overcome this, a physical property of the rock mass-characteristic impedance or acoustic impedance (the product of the density and the sonic velocity of the rock mass)-may play an important role, since it describes the wave reflectivity at discontinuities like joints and cracks in the rock mass (Zhang 2016a;Zhang et al 2020c, d). In particular, since the sonic velocities of rock masses can be measured in the field by a seismic system (or vibration monitors) and the densities of rock masses may be determined by muography (Zhang et al 2020c;Holma et al 2022) or a geophysical method, the impedances of rock masses can be determined and the rock masses may be evaluated. In this way, a blast design can be made using more detailed rock mass information.…”

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Reduction of Fragment Size from Mining to Mineral Processing: A Review

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The worldwide mining industry consumes a vast amount of energy in reduction of fragment size from mining to mineral processing with an extremely low-energy efficiency, particularly in ore crushing and grinding. Regarding such a situation, this article describes the effects of rock fragmentation by blasting on the energy consumption, productivity, minerals' recovery, operational costs in the whole size reduction chain from mining to mineral processing, and the sustainability of mining industry. The main factors that influence rock fragmentation are analysed such as explosive, initiator, rock, and energy distribution including blast design, and the models for predicting rock fragmentation are briefly introduced. In addition, two important issues-fines and ore blending-are shortly presented. Furthermore, the feasibility of achieving an optimum fragmentation (satisfied by a minimum cost from drilling-blasting to crushing-grinding, maximum ore recovery ratio, high productivity, and minimum negative impact on safety and environment) is analysed. The analysis indicates that this feasibility is high. Finally, the measures and challenges for achieving optimum fragmentation are discussed. Highlights• The effects of rock fragmentation on the whole size reduction chain from mining to mineral processing are described.• The main factors influencing rock fragmentation by blasting are analysed.• Main models for predicting rock fragmentation are briefly introduced and commented on.• The feasibility, measures, and challenges of achieving optimum fragmentation are analysed.

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“…Based on the sheer number and content of muography-related publications in the last decade [12,13], it is hard to argue against the conclusion that muography is currently experiencing a progressive growth stage that overpasses the speed of any of its earlier growth stages. Likewise, it can be reasoned that muography is not anymore the playing field for particle physicists and detector designers alone.…”

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“…Since atmospheric muons can be detected as rare particles in well over 1 km depth, it can-at least theoretically-be envisioned a future where muography is applied in relatively deep underground settings to the most diverse group of applications [12,13]. Therefore, muography demands an interdisciplinary if not transdisciplinary research approach as data inversions and interpretations are not always straightforward.…”

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Muography, Outreaching, and Transdisciplinarity: Toward theGolden Age of Muography

Holma¹,

Kuusiniemi²,

Joutsenvaara³

2022

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We demonstrate that cosmic-ray muography is a fundamentally multidisciplinary research field requiring an outreaching and transdisciplinary approach to support and speed up its current positive growth stage. The transit from expert-driven multidisciplinary research to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research requires publishing and promoting muography on multiple fronts and languages. Still, as the rewards for the muography community are likely great indeed, we call for collaborative actions and a change in the research strategy paradigm. Due to this end, we suggest a list of task points for the presentday muography community to get muography better acknowledged and as appealing as possible for the newcomers interested in developing muography or applying it in their respective applications.

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Future Prospects of Muography for Geological Research and Geotechnical and Mining Engineering

Cited by 11 publications

References 116 publications

Trends in Publishing Muography Related Research: The Situation at the End of 2020

Trends in Publishing Muography Related Research: The Situation at the End of 2020

Reduction of Fragment Size from Mining to Mineral Processing: A Review

Muography, Outreaching, and Transdisciplinarity: Toward theGolden Age of Muography

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