A General Review on Longwall Mining-Induced Fractures in Near-Face Regions

It is believed that underground longwall mining usually produces fractures in the surrounding rocks. On the one hand, mining-induced fractures not only degrade the strength of the rock mass but also serve as main channels for fluids (e.g., water and methane). Fractures facilitate the failure of the...

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Main Authors: Qingsheng Bai, Shihao Tu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3089292