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A case study of water inrush incident through fault zone in China and the corresponding treatment measures

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In 2010, a water inrush accident through a fault with a high flow rate occurred at Tianzhuang coal mine in **ing, Shandong Province, China, which was subject to the fault excavation. Grouting is an important treatment method before and after water inrush accidents. In this paper, the evolution of this water inrush accident is studied, and the effective treatment method is presented. The obtained results indicate that groundwater from Ordovician limestone aquifer 28.5 m below the floor flowed into the roadway through the fault zone. Results also show that this water inrush through the fault zone can be divided into a flow rate steady increase phase, a rapidly increase phase, a decrease phase, and a steady phase. The first two phases resulted from permeability increase of the fault, which was caused by seepage failure, and water level of the aquifer led to last two phases. Additionally, grouting using the ground borehole successfully controlled this water inrush accident, and it is proven to be a valid method.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported through funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41602299 and 41702326) and the State Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB036003).

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

    Ziwei Qian

  2. School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China

    Zhen Huang

  3. Shandong Energy Linyi Mining Group Co., Ltd, Linyi, China

    Jianguo Song

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• An underground water inrush accident at Tianzhuang coal mine was studied.

• We observed flow data during the water inrush accident.

• Flow evolution course during water inrush accident was proposed.

• This water inrush accident was successfully controlled by the proposed treatments.

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Qian, Z., Huang, Z. & Song, J. A case study of water inrush incident through fault zone in China and the corresponding treatment measures. Arab J Geosci 11, 381 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-018-3727-8

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