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Figure 16.12 Geometrical parameters<br />

used in the analysis of subsidence,<br />

El Teniente Mine, Chile (after<br />

Karzulovic et al., 1999).<br />

Figure 16.13 Curves developed to<br />

estimate the angle of break, Ten 4 –<br />

Regimiento Sector, El Teniente Mine,<br />

Chile (after Karzulovic et al., 1999).<br />

DISCONTINUOUS SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH CAVING METHODS OF MINING<br />

499<br />

SURFACE TERRAIN<br />

H<br />

t i<br />

DRIFT AFFECTED BY SUBSIDENCE<br />

A S<br />

CRATER WALL<br />

BROKEN MATERIAL<br />

h<br />

α β<br />

A B<br />

D C<br />

t C<br />

H Crater depth (crater wall height)<br />

h Average height of the column of broken rock<br />

A b Area of the base of the crater<br />

A S Area of the crater at surface<br />

α Angle of break (differs from the definition used elsewhere)<br />

β Angle of influence (not a good definition of the zone of influence)<br />

t i Extent of the zone of influence at an elevation z above the base of the<br />

crater<br />

t c Extent of the cracked zone at surface<br />

Distance to the main cracks<br />

Dc<br />

z

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