The impact of the earth’s crust on overstressed areas can lead to earthquakes. NUST MISIS told socialbites.ca about this.
Earthquakes are not caused only by natural factors; They can also be triggered by engineering impacts on the subsoil, for example during mining. The resulting soil subsidence, surface deformation and gas release can damage buildings, roads, pipelines and harm the environment.
NUST MISIS scientist Andrian Batugin noted the need to monitor the layer of the earth’s crust in an extremely stressful situation. He believes that this will help understand the nature of the occurrence of man-made earthquakes, since various effects are associated with this layer, including the migration of gases from the bowels into the block structure of the mountain range.
“One of the ideas contained in the geodynamic zonation method is the hypothesis of the existence of an overstressed state layer in the earth’s crust. “This study is necessary to reveal the nature of the interaction of global geodynamics and local geomechanical processes in mining areas,” Doctor of Technical Sciences Andrian Batugin, Professor of the Department of Mine Safety and Ecology at MISIS University, explained to socialbites.ca.
In his study, Batugin showed that the cause of strong earthquakes with large epicenter depth (the center point of the earthquake source) in industrial areas (Bachatsky, Neftegorsk, Nepal and Wenchuan) could be man-made impacts such as mining. , oil extraction, large-scale pumping of groundwater, reservoir construction, etc.
“Understanding the relationship between global geodynamics and local geomechanical processes is critical for mining and resource exploitation. Comprehensive research is needed using theoretical and experimental research as well as advances in geodynamic monitoring, computer and geomechanical modeling,” emphasized Andrian Batugin.
Analysis of the structure of the earth’s crust in places where engineering impacts exist will help minimize the risks of man-made earthquakes.
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