Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2024, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (9): 106-111,122.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2024.0919

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Monitoring and analysis of coal mining subsidence in large-scale complex mountainous areas based on utilizing ascending and descending track InSAR

HUANG Guangcai1,2, DONG Jihong3, ZHAO Zilong4,5, XI Wenfei4,6, GUO Junqi4, AN Quan1,2, ZHU Yuhua1,2,7, WEI Jin1,2   

  1. 1. Guizhou Institute of Geological Survey, Guiyang 550081, China;
    2. Engineering Technology Innovation Center of Mineral Resources Explorations in Bedrock Zones, Minisity of Natural Resources, Guiyang 550081, China;
    3. Evaluation and Utilization of Strategic Rare Metals and Rare Earth Resource Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Institute of Comprehensive Geological Survey, Chengdu 610081, China;
    4. Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China;
    5. Yunnan Haiju Geographic Information Technology Co., Ltd., Kunming 650000, China;
    6. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographic Processes and Environmental Change, Kunming 650093, China;
    7. College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2024-01-22 Published:2024-10-09

Abstract: Large-scale coal mining in complex mountainous areas frequently causes ground subsidence and geological disasters. Effective monitoring using single-track data is challenging. Thus, it requires the combined use of ascending and descending track data. This study employs the SBAS technique, using Sentinel-1 data, to gather surface deformation data in Panzhou city between January 2019 and May 2022. The findings show severe subsidence in coal mining areas, with maximum levels of -385 mm and rates reaching -127 mm/a. Surface deformation in mined mountains follows a linear decline, independent of rainfall. In contrast, closed mines show periodic deformation tied to rainfall patterns intensifying in the rainy season and shifting between creeping and lifting in the dry season. Using both ascending and descending track data reduces misidentification in side-looking radar images, enhancing subsidence detection in karst mountainous mining areas. The results offer a scientific foundation for safe mining practices, post-closure restoration, and disaster prevention in karst mountainous regions.

Key words: SBAS, mining subsidence, abandoned mines, deformation monitoring, Panzhou city

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