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An indicative method for determination of the most hazardous changes in slopes of the subsidence basins in underground coal mining area in Ostrava (Czech Republic)

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Considering growing population and decreasing mineral resource reserves, the issue of undermining has been and shall remain very topical. This study aims to identify the mutual connections between mined out panels of a deposit and the final manifestations on the ground surface related to deep black coal mining. On the grounds of the identified connections, the study describes a method to simplify a common evaluation of undermined areas according to building site categories. Within the study, a demarcation of the areas was conducted in two localities in Czech Republic influenced by the effects of undermining in the Upper-Silesian Basin. In the allotment of the CSM Mine, an area unsuitable for founding structures was defined from the centre of the worked out workings to the distance of 175 m from the panel's edge, for which the corresponding break angle is 78.3°. Similarly, in the allotment of the Paskov Mine, an area unsuitable for founding structures was determined to the distance of 500 m from the panel's edge, for which the corresponding break angle is 50.2°. This demarcation may be implemented prior to deposit mining being aware of several physical-mechanical parameters of rocks in the deposit's overburden. Having mined out a particular section of a deposit, it is recommended to verify the values of break angle using the method described herein. The study may be applied as a relatively fast and effective method to evaluate future land use for planning.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the European Union (CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF) for the support of the project (COBRAMAN–1CE014P4), which is the base of this article. The authors also thank the anonymous reviewers for very constructive suggestions and criticisms, which led to the improvement of the article.

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  1. Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Geological Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17 listopadu 15, 708 33, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Marian Marschalko, Veronika Křístková & Matěj Fuka

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

    Isik Yilmaz

  3. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Structures, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17 listopadu 15, 708 33, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Karel Kubečka

  4. Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Environmental Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17 listopadu 15, 708 33, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Tomáš Bouchal

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Marschalko, M., Yilmaz, I., Křístková, V. et al. An indicative method for determination of the most hazardous changes in slopes of the subsidence basins in underground coal mining area in Ostrava (Czech Republic). Environ Monit Assess 185, 509–522 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2571-7

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