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Acronym: SIRIMA
Title: Sinkhole hazard and risk management in post-mining areas
Duration:
01.07.2024 – 30.06.2027
Project coordinator:
Główny Instytut Górnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Project manager in GIG-PIB:
dr Sławomir Siwek
Department of Geology and Geophysics GIG-PIB
Tel: +32 259 2350
e-mail: ssiwek@gig.eu
Description:
In the SIRIMA project we will use new methodologies to study the conditions under which the sinkhole occurrences in post mining areas, where the natural groundwater level is restored. The main goal of the project is to reduce the risk of uncontrolled and unexpected discontinuous movements of the Earth’s surface, mainly sinkholes, in the areas of closuring mines and during the flooding process in European countries. This will be achieved through creation a new methodology to determine the hazard of discontinuous deformations in post-mining areas. Current computational and technological capabilities enable a new approach to the problem and will allow for the determination of regions at hazard of sinkholes. The research conducted as part of the project will answer the question of how the process of decommissioning a mining plant takes place, the accompanying changes in measurable physical and spatial parameters of the geological centre will have an impact on the hazard of formation of discontinuous deformation in the form of sinkholes.
The project consortium is formed by the following partners:
- GIG-PIB – Coordinator
- INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES (INERIS), France
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES (BRGM), France
- DMT-GESELLSCHAFT FUR LEHRE UND BILDUNG MBH (DMT), Germany
- INSTYTUT MECHANIKI GOROTWORU - POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK (IMG PAN), Poland
- SUBTERRA INGENIERIA SL (SUBTERRA), Spain
- UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINNE, France
Project's website:
sirima.gig.eu
