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The paper describes the types of inundations affecting underground mining operations together with their safety, operational, and stability implications. A critical analysis has highlighted three major causes of inundations. These have been classified as event controlled, accidental or spontaneous. The event controlled inundations are associated with the development of fracture zones around a longwall working and followed by main and periodic roof falls in caved mine workings, particularly in coal mines. An approximate theory to predict the event of main and periodic roof falls in the goaf behind the long wall face is given. These types of inundations have been illustrated with several case histories.
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Singh, R.N. Mine Inundations. International Journal of Mine Water 5, 1–27 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02498098
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