Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 14, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en14071925
Keywords
geological structure; fractal dimension; quantitative analysis and evaluation; mathematical geology
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- Key Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province [D2017508099]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41772253, 41972249, 51774136]
- Engineering Research Center of Geothermal Resources Development Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, China
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This study uses fractal dimension as an evaluation indicator to analyze and evaluate the complexity of geological structures in coal mining areas, and indicates that fractal dimension can be applied for quantitative analysis and evaluation of fault and fold networks. The research provides new insights into characterizing fault and fold structures in coal mining areas in northern China, with important implications for coal production safety.
With the increasing depth of coal mining, the quantitative evaluation of the degree of geological structure development is becoming increasingly important for the control of mine water hazards in coal mining areas. Understanding the complexity of geological structure development can improve the safety and efficiency of coal production. At present, various evaluation indicators of the geological structure development cannot fully reflect the complexity of faults and folds, and the evaluation process is usually affected by subjective human factors. In this paper, the fractal dimension from fractal theory is used as the evaluation indicator to quantitatively analyze and evaluate the complexity of fault and fold structure in the mining area. To verify the evaluation results, the mathematical geology method is applied in an analysis of the trend surface of fault and fold networks. The results indicate that the fractal dimension can be applied for the quantitative analysis and evaluation of the complexity of fault and fold networks. In addition, the outcome of this work provides new insights into how to characterize the fault and fold structures of coal mining areas in northern China, and has some important implications to ensure the coal production safety.
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