%0 Journal Article %@ 1895-6572 %A Kijko, Andrzej %A Drzezla, Bernard %A Tadeusz, Stankiewicz %A Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, %A Mining Departament, Silesian Technical University, Poland, %A Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, %D 1987 %F epos:1543 %I Polish Academy of Science %J Acta Geophysica Polonica %N 2 %P 157-166 %T BIMODAL character of the distribution of extreme seismic events in Polish mines %U https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1543/ %V XXXV %X A comprehensive analysis of the empirical bimodal distribution of extreme seismic events in Polish mines is presented. Two mathematical models describing a bimodal distribution of seismic energy, formulation of two hypotheses explaining the observed bimodality and future infestations for verification of these hypotheses are consider.