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The economic extraction of coal using modern, highly mechanised techniques relies on the existence of large, relatively undisturbed areas of coal. The planning of the mining operation is based on the knowledge of geological discontinuities which may impede the progress of a coal face. Any technique which enables the structure of the coal seam to be clarified may be of great benefit. In-seam seismic surveying is one such technique, and the quality of result which may be obtained from it is heavily dependent on an understanding of the propagation of seismic waves in the underground environment. The study of geological structures using guided waves relies on techniques of traditional seismic surveying, suitably modified to account for phenomena which occur in the rather special environment of a layered coal seam. The scale of geological features which may be detected by such methods is sufficiently small to be of great potential use to mining engineers.
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Booer, A.K. (1982). Underground Geophysics of Coal Seams. In: Fitch, A.A. (eds) Developments in Geophysical Exploration Methods—3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7349-7_1
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