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Mining Publication: Coal Mine Seismicity and Bumps: Historical Case Studies and Current Field Activity

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Original creation date: August 2000

Image of publication Coal Mine Seismicity and Bumps: Historical Case Studies and Current Field Activity

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has continued the research role of the former U.S. Bureau of Mines to develop techniques that will reduce the hazards in the mining work place associated with coal bumps. Current research focuses on both analyzing historical seismic data from bump-prone geology. The anticipated outcome of this research will be reduced bump incidences through advanced engineering concepts and designs which implement the new understanding of strata behavior. The analysis of the historic seismic data consists of correlating observed mining seismicity with the geologic and geometric parameters at the sites. The primary seismic parameters are the timing, location and magnitude of a recorded seismic event. These parameters are correlated with such mining parameters as: the overburden, the size of the immediate gob, the size of the district gob area, etc. This detailed analysis of historical seismic data has provided an informative quantifiable relationship between many of the specific mining parameters and the induced seismicity.

Authors: JL Ellenberger, KA Heasley

Conference Paper - August 2000

NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20020921

Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, August 8-10, 2000, Morgantown, West Virginia. Peng SS, Mark C, eds., Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, 2000 Aug; :112-120


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