Underground mining can produce subsidence,which can be coincident with mining activities or delayed in response to the time-dependent deformation of the rocks.Therefore,in these cases,it is essential to effectively mo...Underground mining can produce subsidence,which can be coincident with mining activities or delayed in response to the time-dependent deformation of the rocks.Therefore,in these cases,it is essential to effectively monitor the soil deformations at different times during and after mining activity.In the present work,an integrated approach based on geotechnical numeri-cal modeling and Advanced Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar(A-DInSAR)method has been applied to detect,study and monitor the subsidence related to mining activity in the Nuraxi Figus coal district(Sardinia,Italy).Two datasets of high-resolution COSMO-Skymed images were acquired,respectively in two covering periods:from 2011 and 2014,and from 2013 to 2020.TheAA-DInSAR results show that the predominant displacement rates are located in correspond-ence with the panels.The cumulated satellite-based LoS displacements vary in the first period between-130 and+28 mm and-293 and+28.4 mm,while,during the second period between-6.9 and+1.6 mm and-8.72 and+4.33 mm in ascend-ing and descending geometries,respectively.The geotechnical numerical model allowed to obtain a value for the maximum expected.By using the vertical and horizontal components it was possible to reconstruct the kinematics of the deformation considering three phases:pre-mining,syn-mining,and post-mining activity.The temporal evolution of displacements started during the mining extraction in 2011,achieved the major values in correspondence of post-mining operations,during the period from 2013 to 2014 and continued slowly until 2020.The near real-time monitoring system applied in this study proved to be very useful for detecting subsidence during the mining activity and the post-mining period.展开更多
基金funded by the P.h.D.scholarship "P.O.R.Dottorati innovativi a caratterizzazione industriale 2014-2020",Scientific Responsible Prof.Nicola Mondillo.
文摘Underground mining can produce subsidence,which can be coincident with mining activities or delayed in response to the time-dependent deformation of the rocks.Therefore,in these cases,it is essential to effectively monitor the soil deformations at different times during and after mining activity.In the present work,an integrated approach based on geotechnical numeri-cal modeling and Advanced Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar(A-DInSAR)method has been applied to detect,study and monitor the subsidence related to mining activity in the Nuraxi Figus coal district(Sardinia,Italy).Two datasets of high-resolution COSMO-Skymed images were acquired,respectively in two covering periods:from 2011 and 2014,and from 2013 to 2020.TheAA-DInSAR results show that the predominant displacement rates are located in correspond-ence with the panels.The cumulated satellite-based LoS displacements vary in the first period between-130 and+28 mm and-293 and+28.4 mm,while,during the second period between-6.9 and+1.6 mm and-8.72 and+4.33 mm in ascend-ing and descending geometries,respectively.The geotechnical numerical model allowed to obtain a value for the maximum expected.By using the vertical and horizontal components it was possible to reconstruct the kinematics of the deformation considering three phases:pre-mining,syn-mining,and post-mining activity.The temporal evolution of displacements started during the mining extraction in 2011,achieved the major values in correspondence of post-mining operations,during the period from 2013 to 2014 and continued slowly until 2020.The near real-time monitoring system applied in this study proved to be very useful for detecting subsidence during the mining activity and the post-mining period.
