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From peat bog to lignite seam: a new method to calculate the consolidation coefficient of lignite seams, Wielkopolska region in central Poland

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Only one quantitative method is described in the literature to estimate the consolidation coefficient of lignite seams. More studies concentrate on the compaction of plant tissues, which explains why the obtained results are overestimated. Moreover, most studies do commonly not determine the consolidation of the whole peat bog but usually those of some of its elements only. We propose a new approach, which conceptually is fairly close to the Hager et al. (Fortschr Geol Rheinld Westf 29:319–352, 1981) method. Our method has been tested on an example of the first Middle-Polish Lignite Seam and the second Lusatian Lignite Seam from some Wielkopolska lignite deposits in central Poland. The consolidation coefficients, C c, range between 2.34 and 2.56 for the second Lusatian Lignite Seam and between 1.80 and 2.14 for the first Middle-Polish Lignite Seam.

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Lignite Mine ADAMÓW JSC (KWB Konin S.A.) and Lignite Mine ADAMÓW JSC (KWB Adamów S.A.) are kindly appreciated for the borehole data and for permission to field study in the lignite open-casts. Marcin Piwocki (Warsaw, Poland) was thanked for generously providing Hager et al.’s (1981) paper. Our sincere thanks are due to Tom van Loon (Doorwerth, The Netherlands) for improving the English of the manuscript and for his valuable suggestions. We extend our gratitude to Tomasz Zieliński (Poznań, Poland) for reading the first version of this paper as well as for discussion and remarks. The authors are grateful to Noël Vandenberghe (Leuven, Belgium) and Andreas Schäfer (Bonn, Germany) for their helpful comments. The investigation was financially supported by Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.

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  1. Institute of Geology, A. Mickiewicz University, Maków Polnych 16, 61-606, Poznań, Poland

    M. Widera

  2. Lignite Mine ADAMÓW JSC, Uniejowska 9, 62-700, Turek, Poland

    G. Jachna-Filipczuk

  3. Geological Enterprise PROXIMA JSC, Wierzbowa 15, 50-056, Wrocław, Poland

    R. Kozula

  4. Lignite Mine KONIN JSC, 600-lecia 9, 62-540, Kleczew, Poland

    S. Mazurek

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Widera, M., Jachna-Filipczuk, G., Kozula, R. et al. From peat bog to lignite seam: a new method to calculate the consolidation coefficient of lignite seams, Wielkopolska region in central Poland. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 96, 947–955 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-006-0137-z

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