Subsidence problems due to abandoned pillar workinqs in coal seams

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-237

  Bell, F G ^a   De Bruyn, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Grouting; Hazard zonation; Investigation; Pillar and stall; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013645150     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100640050040     Document Type: Article

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