Surface subsidence engineering. Theory and practice / Проектирование поверхностных просадок. Теория и практика

Underground coal mining disturbs not only the overburden strata, but also the immediate floor strata. The former is much more significant because it involves strata from the seam level all the way to the surface, where structures and water resources important to human activities are located. The issues associated with the movement of overburden strata due to underground coal mining together comprise the subject of surface subsidence. This book covers all major subjects associated with surface subsidence. The chapters were written by top experts on surface subsidence in three leading coal producing and consuming countries in the world, including Australia, China and the US. The subjects include general features and terminologies (Chapter 1), subsidence prediction (Chapter 2), subsidence measurement techniques (Chapter 3), subsidence impact on water bodies (Chapter 4), subsidence damages, mitigation and control (Chapter 5), and subsidence on abandoned coal mines (Chapter 6). Chapter 7 addresses some of the unique features of surface movement found in Australian coal mines. The coal seams studied cover the whole range from flat to gently inclined, steep and ultra-steep seams. The book also deals with subsidence impact on surface and groundwater bodies that are the source of life on Earth, a topic that is often neglected by subsidence researchers. Surface Subsidence Engineering: Theory and Practice is unique in that it covers both theories and practices, combining the research experience of top experts in three countries in three continents – this has never been done before on the subject of surface subsidence. Obviously, with such a broad range of mining, geological and cultural backgrounds, there are similarities and differences in approach among the chapters. <...>