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QLD December AIG/BBGG Tech Talk – Michael Creech: Moriaty was a conglomerate – experiences and implications of coal mining under massive strata in the Newcastle coalfield

Australian Institute of Geoscientists > Events > QLD December AIG/BBGG Tech Talk – Michael Creech: Moriaty was a conglomerate – experiences and implications of coal mining under massive strata in the Newcastle coalfield

QLD December AIG/BBGG Tech Talk – Michael Creech: Moriaty was a conglomerate – experiences and implications of coal mining under massive strata in the Newcastle coalfield


AIG QLD December Technical Talk

Moriarty was a Conglomerate – Experiences and implications of coal mining under massive strata in the Newcastle Coalfield

Presented by Dr Michael Creech, GeoCREECHer Pty Ltd

 

Date

Tuesday 13 December
5:15 pm for 6:00 pm

 

Venue

Transcontinental Hotel, 482 George St, Brisbane
Meet in Balcony at the rear of the venue. RSVP not required.
The Transcontinental is directly opposite the Roma Street Station.

 

During the 1990s, wider and more productive longwall panels were being introduced into the Newcastle Coalfield. The strata of the Newcastle Coalfiled incorporate numerous massive sandstones and conglomerates, some of which formed the immediate roof of the coal seams being mined. The unexpected implications of introducing wider panels into this geological environment included more variable and increased subsidence, severe periodic weighting (with associated midface falls) as well as windblast. The talk will discuss recent developments as well as incorporating diverse subjects such as microseismic monitoring, low frequency radio emissions and ‘electrophonics’ as they relate also to the topic.