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A study on the development of subsidence due to the extraction of 1203 slice with its associated factors around Barapukuria underground coal mining industrial area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

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Subsidence as a result of an underground coal mine is a hazard to human life, properties and environment. This incidence usually occurs over a long period of time which directly or indirectly pertinent with various factors that needs to be carefully considered and systematically analyzed when exploring land subsidence. In reality the relationships among factors, their effects and the subsidence are crucial to have the suitable management plan for the mine-induced ground subsidence around the mining area. In this research, primarily the development of subsidence caused by the extraction of 1203 slice has been evaluated under the profile functions and influence functions methods. The results show that the calculated subsidence profile is almost trough-like subsidence where the maximum amount of subsidence is about 0.89 m. Secondly, based on this result, the analysis on different factors such as the deeper coal bed (420 m depth level) and higher angle of draw (42.5o) show less subsidence which are 0.58 and 0.87 m, respectively, whereas the dip of the coal bed up to 20o does not have significant effect on subsidence. In latter cases, the different preceding scientific papers have been consulted and analyzed for recognizing various influencing factors of subsidence which replicate that the geology and stratigraphic configuration, structural setting of the coal basin, hydro-geological characteristics, less competent nature of overlying rock body, applied mining method, presence of multi-coal seams, ultra thicken coal seam and so on are the major factors in affecting the subsidence event in the area. Moreover, intensive site investigations revealed similar pattern of subsidence and its associated factors around the mine.

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Acknowledgments

Firstly, the authors are very grateful to Professor Dr. Olaf Kolditz and Professor Dr. Gunter Doerhoefer, Editor-in-Chief for their kind co-operation regarding the encouraging review processes, advice and publication of the research. Secondly, they are cordially thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their critical evaluation and final suggestion to publish this research. Authors are also thankful to Mr. Pulok Kanti Deb, Assistant Prof, and Mr. Maksudur Rahman, Final year student, Dept. of Petroleum and Mining Engineering for helping to format this research paper. Authors are also greatly thankful to Barapukuria Coal Mine Authority for providing necessary data and support for this research. Finally, the authors are greatly thankful to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, for necessary funding for the successful completion of the research otherwise it was completely impossible.

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    M. Farhad Howladar & Kamrul Hasan

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Howladar, M.F., Hasan, K. A study on the development of subsidence due to the extraction of 1203 slice with its associated factors around Barapukuria underground coal mining industrial area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Environ Earth Sci 72, 3699–3713 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3419-y

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