Seafloor mining subsidence in the Sydney coalfield

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 996, 1996, Pages 55-59

  Forrester, David J ^a   Courtney, Robert C ^b   Forgeron, Steve V ^c   Stewart, John McG ^d   Hart, Stephen T ^d  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Cape Breton Development Corporation   (Canada)

^d McGregor GeoScience   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Geophysics; Longwall mining; Ocean floor mapping; Rock mechanics; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LONGWALL MINING; MAPPING; ROCK MECHANICS; SUBSIDENCE;

MINE DESIGN; OCEAN FLOOR MAPPING; POSTMINING SURVEYS; SEAFLOOR MINING; SEAFLOOR SUBSIDENCE;

COAL MINES;

COAL MINING; SEAFLOOR SUBSIDENCE; SUBSIDENCE;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, SYDNEY COALFIELD;

EID: 0029669349     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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2. FORRESTER, D., and CAIN, P., 1994, Novel methods of monitoring subsidence over coal mines in the Sydney coalfield, Nova Scotia; 47th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 21-23.
3. JACQUES, WHITFORD and ASSOCIATES, 1993, Evaluation of mining subsidence field data, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Contract Report DSS 23440-1-9127, March.
4. KENDORSKI, F.S., 1993, Effect of high extraction coal mining on surface and underground waters; Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Ground Control in Mining, West Virginia University, August.
5. MCGREGOR GEOSCIENCE, 1991, Seabed subsidence profiles over the Phalen Colliery derived from analysis of seafloor topography data; DSS Contract Report 33SQ.23440-0-9172, March.
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