Stress-induced trend: the clustering feature of coal mine disasters and earthquakes in China
Abstract Nearly half of coal mine disasters in China have been found to occur in clusters or to be accompanied by earthquakes nearby, in which all the disaster types are involved. Stress disturbances seem to exist among mining areas and to be responsible for the observed clustering. The earthquakes...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Coal Science & Technology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-020-00334-z |