A review of mining-induced seismicity in China

Li, T.; Cai, Meifeng

doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.06.002

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“…Among the diverse technologies capable of inducing earthquakes, one of the most well studied origins of anthropogenic hazard is underground mining. The undesirable rockmass response to mining operations was firstly observed back in the eighteenth century and during the last years it is being constantly reviewed and documented (e.g., Gibowicz and Lasocki 2001;Li et al 2007;Gibowicz 2009, and references therein). A variety of factors control the rockmass fracturing and nucleation process in mines such as tectonic stresses accumulation, removal of material from the mine, explosions and the interaction among seismic events and rockbursts.…”

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Time-dependent seismic hazard in Bobrek coal mine, Poland, assuming different magnitude distribution estimations

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate seismic hazard parameters in connection with the evolution of mining operations and seismic activity. The time-dependent hazard parameters to be estimated are activity rate, Gutenberg-Richter b-value, mean return period and exceedance probability of a prescribed magnitude for selected time windows related with the advance of the mining front. Four magnitude distribution estimation methods are applied and the results obtained from each one are compared with each other. Those approaches are maximum likelihood using the unbounded and upper bounded Gutenberg-Richter law and the non-parametric unbounded and non-parametric upper-bounded kernel estimation of magnitude distribution. The method is applied for seismicity occurred in the longwall mining of panel 3 in coal seam 503 in Bobrek colliery in Upper Silesia Coal Basin, Poland, during 2009-2010. Applications are performed in the recently established Web-Platform for Anthropogenic Seismicity Research, available at https://tcs.ah-epos.eu/.

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Time-dependent seismic hazard in Bobrek coal mine, Poland, assuming different magnitude distribution estimations

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“…They ranged up to M 5.3, caused extensive damage in nearby towns, and as a result, use of the well was discontinued in 1966. Despite the importance of induced seismicity, only a few holistic reviews have been published (e.g., Nicholson, 1992;Gupta, 2002;Li et al, 2007). Compilations often focus on selected mechanisms although there are notable exceptions (National Academy of Sciences, 2012).…”

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Induced seismicity and hydraulic fracturing for the recovery of hydrocarbons

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Foulger

Bindley

et al. 2013

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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(2013) 'Induced seismicity and hydraulic fracturing for the recovery of hydrocarbons.', Marine and petroleum geology., 45 . pp. 171-185. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo. 2013.03.016 Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Marine and Petroleum Geology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A denitive version was subsequently published in Marine and Petroleum Geology, 45, 2013, 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Reactivation of faults and resultant seismicity occurs due to a reduction in effective stress on fault planes. Hydraulic fracturing operations can trigger seismicity because it can cause an increase in the fluid pressure in a fault zone. Based upon the research compiled here we propose that this could occur by three mechanisms. Firstly, fracturing fluid or displaced pore fluid could enter the fault. Secondly, there may be direct connection with the hydraulic fractures and a fluid pressure pulse could be transmitted to the fault. Lastly, due to poroelastic properties of rock, deformation or 'inflation' due to hydraulic fracturing could increase fluid pressure in the fault or in fractures connected to the fault. The following pathways for fluid or a fluid pressure pulse are proposed: (a) directly from the wellbore; (b) through new, stimulated hydraulic fractures; (c) through pre-existing fractures and minor faults; or (d) through the pore network of permeable beds or along bedding planes. The reactivated fault could be intersected by the wellbore or it could be 10s to 100s of metres from it.We propose these mechanisms have been responsible for the three known examples of felt seismicity that are probably induced by hydraulic fracturing. These are in the USA, Canada and the UK. The largest such earthquake was M 3.8 and was in the Horn River Basin, Canada. To date, hydraulic fracturing has been a relatively benign mechanism compared to other anthropogenic triggers, probably because of the low volumes of fluid and short pumping times used in hydraulic fracturing operations. These data and analysis should help provide useful context and inform the current debate surrounding hydraulic fracturing technology...

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“…Although publications exist on the microseismic monitoring of working mines (e.g. Senfaute et al, 1997;Driad et al, 2005;Li et al, 2007) or on the long-term analysis of microseismicity in abandoned mines (Miller et al, 1989;Ogasawara et al, 2002), none of them describe the applied methods, tools or data management strategy.…”

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Management of Post-mining Large-scale Ground Failures: Blast Swarms Field Experiment for Calibration of Permanent Microseismic Early-warning Systems

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Klein

Bigarré

et al. 2009

Pure Appl. Geophys.

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ACCEPTED May 09, PAGEOPH.Abstract -In France, decades of coal and iron ore mining have left extensive underground cavities beneath or in the vicinity of urban areas. This poses an environmental challenge for society. To ensure post-mining risk management and public safety, wherever remediation is not possible, numerous real-time microseismic monitoring systems are being installed. The objective is to detect remote rock mass fracturing processes, precursory events and acceleration phases for appropriate and timely action. Although no consistent collapse has occurred in any of the monitored areas yet, single 3D probes record many microseismic events of very low amplitude which create difficulties in the quantitative data analysis. The development of specific quantitative processing has therefore become a major issue in our research work. For that purpose, a field experiment was carried out on six of the instrumented sites. It consisted of sequences of small blasts in mine pillars which were accurately controlled in terms of the location, orientation and energy of the explosive source. The data analysis was used to calibrate parameters (velocity model, 3D sensor orientation, etc.) for reliable 3D localization and to develop an empirical law to estimate the source energy from the sensor energy. This work now enables us to analyze real microseismic events with a much better level of accuracy and to obtain enough information and confidence to discuss these data in terms of site stability.

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A review of mining-induced seismicity in China

Cited by 220 publications

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Time-dependent seismic hazard in Bobrek coal mine, Poland, assuming different magnitude distribution estimations

Time-dependent seismic hazard in Bobrek coal mine, Poland, assuming different magnitude distribution estimations

Induced seismicity and hydraulic fracturing for the recovery of hydrocarbons

Management of Post-mining Large-scale Ground Failures: Blast Swarms Field Experiment for Calibration of Permanent Microseismic Early-warning Systems

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