Lindsay has specialist skills in determining seismic source mechanisms (laboratory tests in rock and concrete and mining seismology) through moment tensor inversion using her own code and expertise in dynamic numerical modelling (2-D and 3-D) of seismic waves for AE/NDT laboratory tests; mine-seismology problems; geotechnical problems; shaft-sinking, and reflection seismology. Lindsay is an expert user and programmer in mXrap, a geotechnical data analysis and monitoring platform within which data analysis tools have been developed under the ACG’s Mine Seismicity and Rockburst Risk Management project.
Lindsay co-supervises MSc and PhD students at University of the Witwatersrand, School for Geosciences. She also co-supervises students at Leeds University, UK and Ritsumeikan University, Japan. She is the recipient of a number of awards, the most prestigious of which are the Rocha Medal (2003) awarded by International Society for Rock Mechanics awarded for an outstanding doctoral thesis entitled “A Relative Moment Tensor Inversion Technique Applied to Seismicity Induced by Mining” and the Salamon Award (2007) awarded by the South African Institute of Rock Engineering for her paper “A hybrid relative moment tensor methodology” published in the RaSim5 (Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines) proceedings. A recent paper “Do stopes contribute to the seismic source?” was awarded a SAIMM gold medal in 2020. She was also featured “Mining Elites in Africa 2021” as a Leader in Research and Academic breakthroughs. Lindsay has published 25 papers in peer reviewed journals and has contributed to eight booklets and textbooks.
Since joining SRK, Lindsay has become involved in seismic hazard assessments for the design of engineering structures. She has also begun to apply seismic and electrical methods to assess the internal structures of tailings dams, with a particular interest in quantifying brittleness. She has recently extended her dynamic modelling skills and has developed methods to model complex blast patterns for open pits and underground.
