“…2007;Ishida et al, 2004), underground powerhouses (Ishida et al, 1995), tunnels (Hirata et al, 2007) and nuclear fuel waste disposal (Major and McEvilly, 1985). Among these applications, AE monitoring of slope stability has recently advanced for not only rock cliffs (Amitrano et al, 2005;Senfaute et al, 2003;Ishida et al, 2001) but also mudslides (Amitrano et al 2007) by using active and passive waveguides, helping to overcome many of the difficulties associated with such monitoring (Dixon et al, 1996(Dixon et al, , 2003a(Dixon et al, , 2003b. However, AE occurrence itself strongly depends on geological conditions (Milev and Spottiswoode, 2002), as well as mining configurations (Senfaute et al, 1997(Senfaute et al, , 2001.…”