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Mine subsidence

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6760738
This book presents the papers given at a conference on ground subsidence in underground coal mines. Topics considered at the conference included a subsidence prediction model, the use of backfill zones and yielding pillars for subsidence control, a simplified computerized method to predict maximum subsidence, longwall mining under linear structures, the long-term stability of overburden above room and pillar mines, the mine subsidence research program in Illinois, regulatory aspects of subsidence, and the regulation of coal mine subsidence in Colorado.
OSTI ID:
6760738
Report Number(s):
CONF-8609178-
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English