Summary
Modern deep underground coalmining technology demands the existence of convenient areas of undisturbed coal for continuity of production. Unexpected geological structural discontinuities can dramatically increase mining costs by halting production locally for months at a time. High resolution seismic surveys can be used to reduce costs by identifying areas of coal with a low intensity of structural disturbance.
Since all coal presently accessible to modern mining technology is shallower than about 1500 m, the conventional oil-scale seismic reflection system must be scaled down to focus on these horizons; higher frequencies must also be used. This inevitably emphasises the distorting influence of the near-surface on the reflection data and special consideration must therefore be devoted to calculation of static corrections and removal of ground roll.
The limits to the resolution of minor faulting are controlled by the magnitude of the static errors rather than by the bandwidth of the data.
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Ziolkowski, A. (1979). Seismic Profiling for Coal on Land. In: Fitch, A.A. (eds) Developments in Geophysical Exploration Methods—1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9224-5_8
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