The aim of this Session is to look at how fractured rock is characterised and how data are used to assess dewatering and depressurisation in design of large pit slopes or underground mines, water inflow volume or rates, and site water monitoring and management during mining.
Tuesday Morning and Afternoon
| Authors | Title |
| Bellin, James; Bonson, Chris; Jack, Alice | The importance of geotechnical characterisation and structural interpretation in predicting fracture flow to mines (O) |
| Da Gama, Evandro Moraes; Vidigal, Marcus Vinicius | Experimental Verification Of Equations For Determining The Flow Of Water In Rock Discontinuities (P) |
| Dharmagunawardhane, H.A.; Gamage, K.L.S. | Mine Water Problem in a Crystalline Rock Terrain: Experience from the Bogala Graphite Mine, Sri Lanka (P) |
| Gale, John | The Use of Stable Isotopes and Geochemistry in Permafrost Terrain to Help Constrain Minewater Inflow Predictions (O) |
| Johnson, Christopher Scott | Estimating mine inflow rates real time using analytical methods (O) |
| Parker, Beth | The Discrete Fracture Network Approach for Bedrock Site Characterization: Bridging Between Contaminant Hydrogeology and Mine Site Hydrology (O) |
| Seidel, Torsten; König, Christoph | Density - dependent calculation of matrix fracture flow (O) |
| Seok, Eunjeong; Gale, John E. | Scaling-up Fracture Pore Space Permeability - Approach to Mine Water Inflow Prediction (O) |
| Smith, Lucas Andries | Challenges of Open Pit dewatering in highly fractured intrusive ore body (P) |
| Wu, Qiang | Prediction of inflow from overlying aquifers into coalmines—A case study in Jinggezhuang Coalmine, Kailuan, China (P) |
