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SUBSIDENCE
2007
26 - 27 NOVEMBER 2007
 
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SUBSIDENCE-2007
University of Wollongong 26-27 November 2007

Subsidence Conference Program

7th Triennial Conference

MINE SUBSIDENCE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY & AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY

Conference Program 2007

 

 

Sunday 25 November

 

6:00-8:00pm

Pre-Conference Reception – Novotel Northbeach

 

 

Monday 26 November

 

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

 

Margaret MacDonald-Hill

Mine Subsidence: A Community Perspective

 

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

 

Questions

10:30 – 11:00

Morning Tea

11:00 – 12:30

Technical Session 2 -  Case Studies
Session Chairman: Peter Reid

 

Mark Robinson

West Wallsend Colliery – A Coordinated Approach to Managing Subsidence Impacts on Multiple High Risk Sensitive Surface Features: LW27 Case Study

 

Mick McGill

Mitigating the Effects of Mine Subsidence Due to Coal Mining on Major Infrastructure Assets Critical to Sydney

 

David Ho, Glen Dominish,
C Tan

Investigation of Potential Longwall Mining Impact on Upper Cordeaux  No.2 Dam

 

Gareth Swarbrick
Marlo Vergara, Hank Pinkster
Ian Landon-Jones

Subsidence Monitoring at Cataract Tunnel Portal: Lessons Learnt

 

Questions

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch


Conference Program 2007

 

Monday 26 November

1:30 – 3:00

Technical Session 3 - Subsidence Monitoring
Session Chairman: Gang Li

 

Lachlan Anderson
Derek Patterson
Michael Nicholson

Measuring Mine Subsidence - Illawarra Coal's Diversified Approach

 

Daryl Kay, Brian Whelan
Gavin Donald, Hank Pinkster

Monitoring Mining Induced Strain in a Road Pavement Using Optical Fibres

 

Phil Enright

Continuous Monitoring with Tiltmeters and the Internet

 

Linlin Ge, Hsing-Chung Chang,           Chris Rizos, Ken Mills

Remote Monitoring of Mine Subsidence Using Radar Interferometry

 

Questions

3:00 – 3:30

Afternoon Tea

3:30 – 5:00

Technical Session 4 - Subsidence Prediction
Session Chairman: Arthur Waddington

 

Tienke Trotter, Paul Frazier

Monitoring the Impact of Longwall Mine Subsidence on Surface Environments Using Remote Sensing

 

Gang Li, Phil Steuart
Robert Pâcquet

A Case Study on Multi-seam Subsidence with Reference to Longwall Mining Under Existing Longwall Goaf

 

Daryl Kay, Peter DeBono
Hank Pinkster

Probabilistic Approach to Predicting Far Field Horizontal Movements During Mining

 

Steve Ditton

Prediction of Far-field Displacements Due to Pillar Extraction or Longwall Mining in Mountainous Terrain

 

Questions

5:00 – 6:00

AGM for MSTS Members

7:00-10:30

Conference Dinner – Novotel Northbeach


Conference Program 2007

 

Tuesday 27 November

9:00 – 10:30

Technical Session 5 – Impact Management
Session Chairman: Daryl Kay

 

Robert Gillespie

Mine Subsidence at Waratah Rivulet: A Case Study of the Consideration of Environmental Costs and Benefits of Underground Longwall Mining

 

Peter Reid

Risk Assessment of Applications to Mine Near Dams and Stored Waters

 

Ross Seedsman

Designing a Longwall Layout in the Face of Stringent Subsidence Constraints - the Mandalong Experience

 

David Ho, Glen Dominish,
C Tan

Rapid Stress Assessment of Buried Pipelines in Mine Subsidence Regions

 

Questions

10:30 – 11:00

Morning Tea

11:00 – 12:30

Technical Session 6 - Streams & Swamps
Session Chairman: Ian Forster

 

Don Kay, James Barbato
Ken Mills

Review of Mechanisms Resulting in Observed Upsidence and Closure Movements

 

Ken Mills

Subsidence Impacts on River Channels and Opportunities for Control

 

Matt Richardson, D Ryan

The Ecology Of Subsidence – Upland Swamps in the Southern Coalfield

 

Ross Jenkins

High-resolution environmental monitoring: a determination of the upland swamp-woodland boundary from ALS (airborne laser scanning) data

 

Questions

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch


Conference Program 2007

 

Tuesday 27 November

1:30 – 3:00

Technical Session 7 - Groundwater
Session Chairman: David Hilyard

 

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

 

Chris Waring, Mark Peterson

Mine Subsidence Induced Hydraulic Connection tested by Geochemical and Geophysical Tracing Techniques

 

Steve Short, Alexandra Golab, Carl Tippler, Richard Walsh

Geochemical And Algal Tracing Of Potential Flow From A Lake To An Underground Coal Mine

 

Questions and Closing Address

3:00 – 4:00

Afternoon Tea & Post Conference Social Hour

 

 

 

 
 
 

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