Research Article

Effect of Mining Thickness on Overburden Movement and Underground Pressure Characteristics for Extrathick Coal Seam by Sublevel Caving with High Bottom Cutting Height

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Stress variation curves with different layers of overlying strata in different coal thicknesses with advance of working faces. (a) 9.0 m; (b) 15.0 m; (c) 25 m.
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