Research Article

Strata Movement and Fracture Propagation Characteristics due to Sequential Extraction of Multiseam Longwall Panels

Table 3

Lithology of Case 2.

Rock massDepth (m)Thickness (m)Rock mass description

Mudstone and siltstone756.13760Mudstone: dark grey, carboniferous iron-sandstone; siltstone: grey, blocky, simple structure with fossil pieces
Fine sandstone767.6611.53Fine sandstone: light grey, fine-grained texture, mineral composition with hard quartz
Mudstone769.61.94Mudstone: dark grey, blocky, fragile carboniferous with fossil pieces
Coal seam no. 13-1772.63Coal: black, blocky dull coal, with bright coal and specular coal bands, belongs to semibright and semidull coal
Sandy mudstone and fine sandstone838.766.1Sandy mudstone: grey, sandy texture with muddy band, composition includes carbon in the part area, fragile. Fine sandstone: light grey, fine grained, mineral composition includes hard quartz and sandy mudstone
Coal seam no. 11-1841.32.45Coal: black, blocky dull coal, includes bright coal and specular coal bands, belongs to semibright coal
Sandy mudstone848.22.6Sandy mudstone: grey, sandy texture, fragile with fossil pieces
Sandy mudstone855.16.9Sandy mudstone: grey to dark grey, mainly sandy texture with little carbon and fine texture