Mitigation Measures To Minimize Subsidence Damages Caused By Longwall Mining To Historic Structures & Their Effectiveness
- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 3
- File Size:
- 1607 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 2002
Abstract
A case study involving a historic structure undermined by longwall mining is presented in this paper. The location of this study is in South Western-Pennsylvania; USA. The structure is 150-years old and subsided 4.5 feet. This paper discusses the mitigation measures taken to reduce the subsidence damage and its effectiveness.
Citation
APA: (2002) Mitigation Measures To Minimize Subsidence Damages Caused By Longwall Mining To Historic Structures & Their Effectiveness
MLA: Mitigation Measures To Minimize Subsidence Damages Caused By Longwall Mining To Historic Structures & Their Effectiveness. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2002.