Journal Publications
Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D., Sjöberg, J. A methodology to evaluate if geomechanical features are relevant to seismic behaviour. In Review.
Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D., Sjöberg, J. (2018) Rock mass characteristics and tomographic data. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51(5), 1615-1619.
Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D., Sjöberg, J. (2016) Developing 3-D mine-scale geomechanical models in complex geological environments, as applied to the Kiirunavaara Mine. Engineering Geology, 203, 140-150.
Mah, J., McKinnon, S.D., Samson, C. Wire mesh filtering in 3D image data of rock faces. (2016) Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 52, 111-118.
Olson, L., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. (2015) The 3-D laser imaging of drill core for fracture detection and the Rock Quality Designation. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 73,156-164.
Vallejos, J.A. and McKinnon, S.M. (2013) Logistic regression and neural network classification of seismic records. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. 62, 86-95.
Snelling, P.E., Godin, L., McKinnon, S.D. (2013) The role of geologic structure and stress in triggering remote seismicity in Creighton Mine, Sudbury, Canada. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 58, 166-179.
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. (2013) 3D laser imaging for surface roughness analysis. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 58, 111-117.
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. (2011) 3D laser imaging for joint orientation analysis. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. 48(6), 932-941.
Vallejos, J.A., and McKinnon, S.M. (2011). Correlations between mining and seismicity for re-entry protocol development. Int. J. Rock Mech. and Min. Sci. 48 (4), 616-625.
Baird, A., McKinnon, S.D., Godin, L. (2010) Relationship between structures, stress and seismicity in the Charlevoix seismic zone revealed by 3-D geomechanical models: Implications for the seismotectonics of continental interiors, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B11402, doi:10.1029/2010JB007521.
Cho, N.F., Tiampo, K.F., McKinnon, S.D., Vallejos, J., Klein ,W., Dominguez, R. (2010) A simple metric to quantify seismicity clustering, Journal of Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 17, 293-302.
Vallejos, J.A., McKinnon, S.D. (2010) Omori’s law applied to mining-induced seismicity and re-entry protocol development. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 167, 91-106.
Baird, A., McKinnon, S.D., Godin, L. (2009) Stress channelling and partitioning of seismicity in the Charlevoix seismic zone, Québec, Canada, Geophysical Journal International, 179, 559-568.
Kalenchuk, K., McKinnon, S.D., Diederichs, M. (2008) Block geometry and rockmass characterization for prediction of dilution potential into sublevel cave mine voids. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci, 45, 929-940.
Baird, A., McKinnon, S.D. (2007) Linking stress field deflection to basement structures in southern Ontario: results from numerical modeling. Tectonophysics, 432:89-100.
Kalenchuk, K.S., Diederichs, M.S., McKinnon, S.D. (2006) Characterizing block geometry in jointed rock masses. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 43, 1212-1225.
McKinnon, S.D., (2006) Triggering of seismicity remote from mining excavations. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 39(3):255-279.
McKinnon, S.D. and de la Barra, I. (2003) Stress field analysis at the El Teniente Mine: evidence for N-S compression in the modern Andes. Journal of Structural Geology, 25:2125-2139.
McKinnon, S. D. (2001) Analysis of stress measurements using a numerical model methodology. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 38, 699-709.
McKinnon, S. D. and Lorig, L. J., (1999) Considerations for Three-Dimensional Modelling in Analysis of Underground Excavations. In: Distinct Element Modelling in Geomechanics, eds. V.M. Sharma, K.R. Saxena, R.D. Woods, Oxford & IBM Publishing Co., New Delhi.
McKinnon, S. D. and Garrido, I. (1998) Fracture Initiation, Growth, and Effect on Stress Field: a Numerical Investigation. Journal of Structural Geology, 20, 12, 1673-1689.
Refereed Conferences
McKinnon, SD & Ferguson, GA 2018, ‘The role of research in cave mining’, in Y Potvin & J Jakubec (eds), Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Block and Sublevel Caving, 15-17 October, Vancouver, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 499-510.
Perry, A.P., McKinnon, S.D., Kalenchuk, K.S. (2018) Effect of hydrothermal alteration on material properties in a Carlin-style gold deposit and developing a method to delineate altered and fractured material for numerical model geometry-building. Paper accepted for the 52nd US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Seattle, Washington, USA, 17-20 June 2018.
Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D., Sjöberg, J. (2018) Paradigm shift in our understanding of rock mass behaviour at the Kiirunavaara Mine, Sweden. Paper accepted for 2018 SME Annual Conference & Expo, session on Successful Implementation of Applied Research in Mining, February 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Abolfazlzadeh, Y., Penhall, S.L., McKinnon, S.D. (2017) Statistical analysis of the outlier events from seismic stress inversion. First International Conference on Underground Mining Technology, Sudbury, 11-13 October.
Vatcher, J. and McKinnon, S.D., and Sjoberg, J. (2017) Ground falls, overbreak, and geomechanical characteristics at the Kiirunavaara Mine, Sweden. Eighth International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining, 28-30 March, Perth, Australia.
Abolfazlzadeh, Y. and McKinnon, S.D. (2017) Stress field characterization in the Nickel Rim South mine using seismic stress inversion. Eighth International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining, 28-30 March, Perth, Australia.
Moreau-Verlaan, L., McKinnon, S.D. (2016) Influence of drift design parameters on seismic response. Presentation at CIM MEMO conference, Sudbury, Canada, 16-18 Oct.
McKinnon, S.D. (2016) Keynote address: Stress fields in deep mines. In: Proceedings of Conference on Stresses in Rock, Tampere, Finland, 10-12 May.
Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D., Sjöberg, J. (2014) Mine-scale numerical modelling, seismicity and stresses at Kiirunavaara Mine, Sweden. Seventh International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining, Sudbury, September.
Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D., Sjöberg, J., Dahnér, C. (2014) Numerical modelling methodology to explore influence of structural geology on rock mass behaviour at the Kiirunavaara Mine. ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposium (EUROCK), May.
Olson, L., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. (2013) The 2-D and 3-D imaging of core for fracture mapping. In: Proceedings of the 46th American Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 23-26 June.
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D., (2011) Surface roughness measurements using three-dimensional laser imaging. In: Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, October 16-21, Beijing. Qian, Q., Zhou, Y. (Eds.), Harmonizing Rock Engineering and the Environment, London, pp. 334-335.
Bewick, R.P., Carter, T.G., Duff, D., Valley, B., Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D. Fault characteristics critical for assessing fault behaviour within a deep mining context. In: Proceedings of the 45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, June 26-29, 2011.
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. Surface roughness measurement using three-dimensional laser imaging. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Beijing, China, October 16 – 21, 2011.
Vallejos, J.A., McKinnon, S.D. (2010) Temporal evolution of aftershock sequences for re-entry protocol development in seismically active mines, The 5th International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining. October 6-8, 2010, Santiago, Chile.
Vallejos, J.A., McKinnon, S.D. (2009) Scaling laws and their implications for re-entry protocol development. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Rockburst and Seismicity in Mines, August 2009.August 21-23, 2009, Dalian, China, Paper No.: CA1137.
Baird, A., McKinnon, S.D., Godin, L. (2009) Partitioning of seismicity in the Charlevoix seismic zone, Québec, a 3D stress model. Poster and presentation at: 2009 Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, 24 – 27 May, Toronto.
Cho, N., Tiampo, K.F., Mckinnon, S., Vallejos, J., Klein, W. (2009) Evaluation of earthquake clustering using the TM metric. Poster and presentation at: 2009 Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, 24 – 27 May, Toronto.
Vallejos, J.A., McKinnon, S.D. (2009) Re-entry protocols for seismically active mines: an update. Proceedings of 3rd Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Toronto, Canada, May 9-15, 2009, Session 13, Paper No.: 4028.
Saleh, N. & McKinnon, S. (2009). MineWiki: The use of Wiki Technology as a Tool in a Senior Mine Design Course. In Proceedings of the 6th Canadian Design Engineering Network (CDEN) Annual Conference. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. July 27-29, 2009.
Vallejos, J., McKinnon, S.D. (2008) Guidelines for the development of re-entry protocols in seismically active mines. Proceedings of the 43rd US Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francicso, June 29 – July 2, 2008, ARMA paper 08-97.
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. (2008) Triangulation-based 3D laser imaging for underground rock mass characterization: Impact of operational parameters. In: Proceedings of the 43rd US Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francicso, June 2008.
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D., Aikman, D. (2007) Triangulation-based 3D laser imaging for underground rock mass characterization: impact of operational parameters. In: Proceedings of teh 42nd US Rock Mechanics Symposium. American Rock Mechanics Association, Alexandria, VA, pp. 08-249.
Kalenchuk, K.S., McKinnon, S.D., Diederichs, M.S. (2007) Dilution source prediction and characterization for blocky rock masses in steep walls or cave boundaries for bulk mining. The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1st International Symposium on Block and Sub-Level Caving Cave Mining, Cape Town, October, 83-94.
McKinnon, S.D., and Labrie, D. (2006) Interpretation of stresses adjacent to the Cadillac Fault assuming marginal large-scale rock mass stability. Proceedings of the International Symposium on In-situ Rock Stresses, June 19-21, Trondheim (Norway), M. Lu, C.C. Li, H. Kjorholt and H. Dahle, Editors, Taylor & Francis/Balkema: 409-417.
DeGagne, D. and McKinnon, S.D., (2006) The influence of cave mass properties on discrete cave mass models. Proceedings of 41st US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Golden Colorado, June 2006.
DeGagne, D. and McKinnon, S.D., (2005) The influence of blasting fragmentation on ore recovery in sublevel cave mines. Proceedings of the North American Rock Mechanics Assoication, Anchorage, Alaska.
McKinnon, S.D. (2005) Stress fields in complex rock masses. Keynote address, Proceedings of Swedish Bergmekanikdagen, Stockholm, SveBeFo,1-21.
McKinnon, S. D., Harding, D., Birnie, K., (2002) Crown Pillar Design at INCO’s South Mine. NARMS-TAC, Hammah et al. (eds.), University of Toronto, 1041-1048.
Sjöberg, J., B. Leijon and S. D. McKinnon. (1996) Empirical Assessment of Failure Behaviour of Stopes and Sill Pillars in Swedish Cut-and-Fill Mines. In Eurock ’96. Prediction and Performance in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (Torino, Italy. September 2–5, 1996), Vol 2, pp. 1109–1116. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema.
Books, Chapters in Books
Carter, T.G., Bewick, R.P., Vatcher, J., McKinnon, S.D., Structural Geology Guidelines for Aiding Characterization of Deep Mining Fault Behaviour, published by Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation, 2011.
Non-refereed Conferences
McAnuff, C., McKinnon, S.D., Samson, C. (2016) Towards a new method of rock mass stress calibration based on tunnel deformation captured by LiDAR imaging. Joint CMOS–CGU Congress, Fredericton, NB, 29 May-2 June.
McAnuff, C., McKinnon, S., and Samson, C. (2015) Stress field inversion from drift deformation monitoring. Advances in Earth Sciences Research Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, March 27-29.
Abolfazlzadeh, Y., McKinnon, S.D. (2015) Time and space discretization of the seismogenic volume and preliminary stress field mapping. AESRC conference, Kingston, 29 March.
McAnuff, C., McKinnon, S.D., Samson, C. (2015) Stress field inversion from drift deformation monitoring. AESRC conference, Kingston, 29 March.
Falkenstein, K., McKinnon, S.D. (2015) Stress field mapping through seismic stress inversion. AESRC conference, Kingston, 29 March.
Dixon, L., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. 3-D laser-imaging of core for fracture mapping. Poster to be presented at: Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Minerals Colloquium, PDAC, March 2011.
Vallejos, J., McKinnon, S.D. (2010) Workshop on re-entry protocols after a seismic event. Workplace Safety North special workshop, 25th November, Sudbury.
McKinnon, S.D. (2009) How can we define when a fault becomes critical? Presentation at CEMI Fault Slip workshop on seismicity in mines, Toronto, May 2009. (also presented at CEMI workshop in Sudbury, December 2009)
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D. (2009) Triangulation-based 3D laser imaging for fracture orientation analysis. Poster #571, 2009 Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, 24 – 27 May, Toronto.
Vallejos, J., McKinnon, S.D. (2008) Omori’s law applied to mining induced and natural aftershock sequences. Abstract and presentation at the Eastern Section – Seismological Society of America meeting, Kingston, October 2008.
Cho, N., Tiampo, K.F., Mckinnon, S., Vallejos, J., Klein, W., (2008) Ergodicity in mining induced seismicity. Abstract and presentation at the Eastern Section – Seismological Society of America meeting, Kingston, October 2008.
Cho, N., Tiampo, K.F., McKinnon, S., Vallejos, J., Rundle, J.B., Klein, W., (2008) Pattern informatics in mining induced seismicity and its applications to rockburst hazard assessment. Abstract and presentation at the American Geophysical Union conference, San Francisco, December 2008.
Mah, J., Samson, C., McKinnon, S.D., (2008) Mapping Rock Structures using a 3D Laser Imaging System Developed for Space Operations. Paper presented at ASTRO 2008 conference, Montreal, April 2008.
McKinnon, S.D., (2007) Stresses: Their importance in mining and crustal-scale geomechanical modelling, Invited keynote, POLO workshop, University of Western Ontario, June.
McKinnon, S.D., Vallejos, J. (2007) Development of re-entry protocols in seismically active mines. presented at MASHA conference, Sudbury, April.
Baird, A.F., McKinnon, S.D., Godin, L. (2007) Stress channelling and partitioning of seismicity in the Charlevoix seismic zone, Québec, Canada. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union conference, San Francisco, December.
Vallejos, J. and McKinnon, S.D. (2006) Guidelines for the development of re-entry protocols into seismically active mines. Report and Guidelines provided at MASHA sponsored industry workshop, Sudbury, 7 December.
Baird, A. and McKinnon, S.D., (2006) Effects of glaciation on the crustal stress field and seismicity. AESRC conference, Queen’s University, March.
Baird, A. and McKinnon, S.D., (2005) Linking stress field deflection to basement structures in southern Ontario: results from numerical modelling. Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Banff.
Baird, A. and McKinnon, S.D., (2005) Modelling crustal stresses in southern Ontario. American Geophysical Union Annual General Meeting, San Francisco.
DeGagne, D. and McKinnon, S.D., (2004) Numerical modeling of sub-level cave mining. Canadian Young Geotechnical Engineer’s and Geoscientists Conference, October, Quebec City.
McKinnon, S.D., (2004) Triggering of seismicity, in situ stresses, and rock mass strength: How are they related? Keynote address, Industry workshop on mining seismicity, ESG Canada Inc. Kingston.
Baird, A. and McKinnon, S.D., (2004) Stability of faults in southern Ontario inferred from stress data. American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montreal.
McKinnon, S.D., (2003) Triggering of seismicity remote from mining: implications for in situ stresses and seismic risk assessment. Seismological Society of America, Eastern Section Annual Meeting.
Leijon, B., J. Sjöberg and S. D. McKinnon. (1996) Empirical Assessment of Failure Behavior of Stopes and Sill Pillars in Swedish Cut-and-Fill Mines. EUROCK’96, ISRM International Symposium on Prediction and Performance in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Turin, Italy, 1109-1116.
McKinnon, S. D., C. Teyssier and B. Tikoff. (1994) Mechanics of Strike-Slip Partitioned Systems and Application to the San Andreas Fault. in Abstracts with Programs, 1994 Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Seattle, October 1994, Golden, Colorado: GSA. A-110.
Tikoff, B., C. Teyssier, M. Markley and S. D. McKinnon. (1994) The Role of Plate Motion on Strike-Slip Partitioning at Zones of Oblique Convergence/Divergence. in Abstract with Programs, 1994 Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Seattle, October 1994, Golden, Colorado, A-110.