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SUBSIDENCE-2007
University of Wollongong 26-27 November 2007
Subsidence Conference Program

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7th Triennial Conference |

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MINE SUBSIDENCE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY & AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY
Conference Program 2007
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Sunday 25 November |
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6:00-8:00pm |
Pre-Conference Reception – Novotel Northbeach |
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Monday 26 November |
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8:00 – 8:45 |
Registration |
8:45 – 9:00 |
Welcome & Introduction |
9:00 – 9:40 |
Keynote Address: Greg Cole-Clark
Mine Subsidence – A Management Perspective |
9:40 – 10:30 |
Technical Session 1 - Community
Session Chairman: Ken Mills |
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Margaret MacDonald-Hill |
Mine Subsidence: A Community Perspective |
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Jeff Thompson, Paul Frazier
David Lamb |
Evaluating the Impacts of Longwall Mine Subsidence on Vineyards in the Broke Region of New South Wales: the Challenges of Analysing Multi-scale Field Data |
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Questions |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Morning Tea |
11:00 – 12:30 |
Technical Session 2 - Case Studies
Session Chairman: Peter Reid |
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Mark Robinson |
West Wallsend Colliery – A Coordinated Approach to Managing Subsidence Impacts on Multiple High Risk Sensitive Surface Features: LW27 Case Study |
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Mick McGill |
Mitigating the Effects of Mine Subsidence Due to Coal Mining on Major Infrastructure Assets Critical to Sydney |
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David Ho, Glen Dominish,
C Tan |
Investigation of Potential Longwall Mining Impact on Upper Cordeaux No.2 Dam |
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Gareth Swarbrick
Marlo Vergara, Hank Pinkster
Ian Landon-Jones |
Subsidence Monitoring at Cataract Tunnel Portal: Lessons Learnt |
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Questions |
12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
Conference Program 2007
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Monday 26 November |
1:30 – 3:00 |
Technical Session 3 - Subsidence Monitoring
Session Chairman: Gang Li |
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Lachlan Anderson
Derek Patterson
Michael Nicholson |
Measuring Mine Subsidence - Illawarra Coal's Diversified Approach |
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Daryl Kay, Brian Whelan
Gavin Donald, Hank Pinkster |
Monitoring Mining Induced Strain in a Road Pavement Using Optical Fibres |
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Phil Enright |
Continuous Monitoring with Tiltmeters and the Internet |
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Linlin Ge, Hsing-Chung Chang, Chris Rizos, Ken Mills |
Remote Monitoring of Mine Subsidence Using Radar Interferometry |
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Questions |
3:00 – 3:30 |
Afternoon Tea |
3:30 – 5:00 |
Technical Session 4 - Subsidence Prediction
Session Chairman: Arthur Waddington |
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Tienke Trotter, Paul Frazier |
Monitoring the Impact of Longwall Mine Subsidence on Surface Environments Using Remote Sensing |
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Gang Li, Phil Steuart
Robert Pâcquet |
A Case Study on Multi-seam Subsidence with Reference to Longwall Mining Under Existing Longwall Goaf |
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Daryl Kay, Peter DeBono
Hank Pinkster |
Probabilistic Approach to Predicting Far Field Horizontal Movements During Mining |
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Steve Ditton |
Prediction of Far-field Displacements Due to Pillar Extraction or Longwall Mining in Mountainous Terrain |
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Questions |
5:00 – 6:00 |
AGM for MSTS Members |
7:00-10:30 |
Conference Dinner – Novotel Northbeach |
Conference Program 2007
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Tuesday 27 November |
9:00 – 10:30 |
Technical Session 5 – Impact Management
Session Chairman: Daryl Kay |
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Robert Gillespie |
Mine Subsidence at Waratah Rivulet: A Case Study of the Consideration of Environmental Costs and Benefits of Underground Longwall Mining |
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Peter Reid |
Risk Assessment of Applications to Mine Near Dams and Stored Waters |
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Ross Seedsman |
Designing a Longwall Layout in the Face of Stringent Subsidence Constraints - the Mandalong Experience |
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David Ho, Glen Dominish,
C Tan |
Rapid Stress Assessment of Buried Pipelines in Mine Subsidence Regions |
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Questions |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Morning Tea |
11:00 – 12:30 |
Technical Session 6 - Streams & Swamps
Session Chairman: Ian Forster |
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Don Kay, James Barbato
Ken Mills |
Review of Mechanisms Resulting in Observed Upsidence and Closure Movements |
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Ken Mills |
Subsidence Impacts on River Channels and Opportunities for Control |
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Matt Richardson, D Ryan |
The Ecology Of Subsidence – Upland Swamps in the Southern Coalfield |
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Ross Jenkins |
High-resolution environmental monitoring: a determination of the upland swamp-woodland boundary from ALS (airborne laser scanning) data |
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Questions |
12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
Conference Program 2007
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Tuesday 27 November |
1:30 – 3:00 |
Technical Session 7 - Groundwater
Session Chairman: David Hilyard |
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Jerzy Jankowski |
Changes of Water Quality in a Stream Impacted by Longwall Mining Subsidence, and
Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions in a Catchment Impacted by Longwall Mining |
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Chris Waring, Mark Peterson |
Mine Subsidence Induced Hydraulic Connection tested by Geochemical and Geophysical Tracing Techniques |
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Steve Short, Alexandra Golab, Carl Tippler, Richard Walsh |
Geochemical And Algal Tracing Of Potential Flow From A Lake To An Underground Coal Mine |
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Questions and Closing Address |
3:00 – 4:00 |
Afternoon Tea & Post Conference Social Hour |
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