Briefing: Dynamic compaction of opencast coal mining backfill in the UK

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Colin J. Serridge
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Dynamic Compaction ◽  
The Uk

Sedimentology and its applications within the UK opencast coal mining industry

1995 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil S. Jones ◽  
Paul D. Guion ◽  
Iain M. Fulton
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
The Uk

Chapter 11 Coal mining subsidence in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurance Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Longwall Mining ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Mining Subsidence ◽  
Ground Movement ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Mine Roadway ◽  
Coal Mining Subsidence ◽  
The Uk

AbstractOne of the geohazards associated with coal mining is subsidence. Coal was originally extracted where it outcropped, then mining became progressively deeper via shallow workings including bell pits, which later developed into room-and-pillar workings. By the middle of the 1900s, coal was mined in larger open pits and underground by longwall mining methods. The mining of coal can often result in the subsidence of the ground surface. Generally, there are two main types of subsidence associated with coal mining. The first is the generation of crown holes caused by the collapse of mine entries and mine roadway intersections and the consolidation of shallow voids. The second is where longwall mining encourages the roof to fail to relieve the strains on the working face and this generates a subsidence trough. The ground movement migrates upwards and outwards from the seam being mined and ultimately causes the subsidence and deformation of the ground surface. Methods are available to predict mining subsidence so that existing or proposed structures and land developments may be safeguarded. Ground investigative methods and geotechnical engineering options are also available for sites that have been or may be adversely affected by coal mining subsidence.

Chapter 17 Mining-induced fault reactivation in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 425-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurance Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Ground Deformation ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Surface Mining ◽  
Fault Reactivation ◽  
Mining Subsidence ◽  
Ground Movements ◽  
Ground Deformations ◽  
Coal Mining Subsidence ◽  
The Uk

AbstractFaults are susceptible to reactivation during coal mining subsidence. The effects may be the generation of a scarp along the ground surface that may or may not be accompanied by associated ground deformation including fissuring or compression. Reactivated faults vary considerably in their occurrence, height, length and geometry. Some reactivated faults may not be recognizable along the ground surface, known only to those who have measured the ground movements or who are familiar with the associated subtle ground deformations. In comparison, other reactivated faults generate scarps up to several metres high and many kilometres long, often accompanied by widespread fissuring of the ground surface. Mining subsidence-induced reactivated faults have caused damage to roads, structures and land. The objective of this chapter is to provide a general overview of the occurrence and characteristics of fault reactivation in the UK.

Valuing the environmental impacts of opencast coal mining in the UK

Energy Policy ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1110-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew B. Trigg ◽  
W. Richard Dubourg
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Exceptional preservation of Upper Carboniferous (lower Westphalian) fossils from Edlington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Lomax
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Fish Scales ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Exceptional Preservation ◽  
Egg Capsules ◽  
Mine Dumps ◽  
Excellent Preservation ◽  
The Uk

A new fossil-bearing, Upper Carboniferous (lower Westphalian) locality in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK, is reported and an account of the fossils is presented. The diverse flora and fauna consists of plants, bivalves, arthropods (primarily xiphosurans), tentaculitids (microconchids), fish scales, shark egg capsules and coprolites. Fossils are preserved in siderite nodules and shales, and display excellent preservation and detail. Previous collecting of Carboniferous fossils in the Doncaster area has been minimal. The discovery of this locality addresses this deficit and is of further importance as such localities in the UK are diminishing in number with the cessation of coal-mining and the reclamation of mine dumps, further demonstrating the importance and recognition of the Edlington site.

Heritage Work: Re-Representing the Work Ethic in the Coalfields

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Strangleman ◽  
Emma Hollywood ◽  
Huw Beynon ◽  
Katy Bennett ◽  
Ray Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

This paper aims to discover how, with the decline and ending of the deep coal mining industry in many parts of the UK its legacy is being re-evaluated by those involved in various aspects of economic and social regeneration. It opens by exploring the way coal mine workers and their communities have been seen within popular and academic accounts, and in particular the way this group has been subject to ideal typification and stereo-typing. The main body of the paper examines the way this legacy is still subject to such interpretation, and that further, the specificity of the coal industry is commodified in a variety of ways. We point out the contradictory nature of this process and argue that it is inevitably damaging to a complex analysis of the deep problems facing former coalfield areas.

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