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Tjaart de Wit
Senior Geophysicist, Colorado School of Mines
Professional Experience
University of Cape Town
2021 - Present
Colorado School of Mines
Senior Geophysicist
2013 - Present
Institute of Mine Seismology
Senior Geophysicist
2013 - 2013
Colorado School of Mines
PhD Student
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Education
University of Cape Town
Masters
2013
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received December 2023
Presentation Title: Observing the anatomy of slope failure using time-lapse seismic velocity changesEvent: 2023 AGU Annual Meeting Awarding Section: Seismology
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AGU Abstracts
Adventures at the end of the world: Effective processing of shallow Distributed Acoustic Sensing data for interferometric seismic reflection imaging at Mount Lyell mine, Tasmania
INNOVATIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN FIBER-OPTIC SENSING II POSTER
seismology | 14 december 2023
George Taylor, Tjaart de Wit
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) has the potential to cause a paradigm shift in the acquisition of seismic data for both imaging and monitoring appl...
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Observing the anatomy of slope failure using time-lapse seismic velocity changes
AMBIENT-FIELD SEISMOLOGY: ADVANCEMENTS IN THEORY, METHODOLOGY, AND APPLICATIONS II ORAL
seismology | 11 december 2023
Tjaart de Wit, George Taylor
The seismic velocity of an Earth material is a key physical characteristic that can provide critical information such as composition, porosity, and ov...
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Monitoring of an Active Tailings Dam with Ambient Noise Interferometry
ENVIRONMENTAL SEISMOLOGY: A GEOPHYSICAL TOOL TO STUDY SURFACE AND NEAR-SURFACE PROCESSES I ORAL
seismology | 17 december 2021
Susanne Ouellet, Jan Dettmer, Gerrit Olivier, Tjaa...
Tailings dams, built to retain mine waste material, are among some of the largest human-made structures on earth. Recent failures of dams have prompte...
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