Discussion
Rock bursts are associated with rock that is
Answer: D
Correct answer: strong, brittle and under high stress
A burst requires rock able to store elastic strain energy and to release it suddenly, which means strong and brittle material carrying a stress close to its strength. Weak or heavily jointed rock yields gradually instead and cannot store the energy. Bursts are therefore a deep hard-rock problem, not a weak-ground one.
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