Description: PostMinQuake is a project implemented within the framework of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS), the aim of which is to develop methods of monitoring post-mining areas, assess the effects of vibrations caused by seismic phenomena as well as the risk of surface deformation.
The management of the post mining regions in Europe is an important issue for the safety and economic reasons. The PostMinQuake – Induced earthquake and rock mass movements in coal post mining areas: mechanisms, hazard and risk assessment – treats the most important hazards related to unexpected ground motions which may affect the surface stability, vulnerable structures and critical infrastructures. The goal of the project is to deepen the knowledge of post-mining seismic events as well as surface deformat
The research scope of the project goes far beyond a simple relation between seismicity, rainfall and the process of mines flooding. It uses new techniques and systems for observation of the earth dynamics transformed by mining and climate change.
In many European countries, coal mines have already been closed in entire mining basins, while in several other countries mines are in the process of closure. Research of the risk estimation associated with induced seismicity and movements of the rock mass in post-mining areas will be carried out on the four testing sites.