Articles | Volume 382
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-269-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-269-2020
Pre-conference publication
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22 Apr 2020
Pre-conference publication |  | 22 Apr 2020

A reanalysis of the collapse of the Heidegroeve: subsidence over an abandoned room and pillar mine due to previously unknown mine workings underneath

Roland Frits Bekendam

Cited articles

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In the region of Maastricht about 400 shallow limestone mines have been excavated since the Middle Ages. The mines consist of more or less rectangular “pillars” with galleries in between. Often pillar instability is a problem, which has resulted in a number of large-scale collapses and serious surface subsidence. The stability is assessed by field observations, calculations and measurements. The Heidegroeve mine used to be a very stable mine for more than 50 years, but in June 1988 it collapsed.