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• Identification of Areas at Risk for Coal Bursts in Deep Cover Room and Pillar Mines
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to define the geologic and stress criteria associated with an elevated risk of coal bursts, considering both U.S. and international experience through visits to coalfields.
• Analysis of Mine Seismicity and Geotechnical Modeling for Improved Safety in Underground Coal Mines
  7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to provide qualified individuals with opportunities to pursue MS and PhD degrees focused on ground control, research the cause of mining-induced seismicity, and improve safety in burst-prone coal mines.
• The Role of Gas Desorption in the Energetic Failure of Coal
  3/4/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to evaluate the role of gas desorbing on the failure of coal and the resultant influence on dynamic failures such as bumps, bursts, and outbursts.
• Coal Mine Burst Prevention Controls
  7/1/2008 - Conference papers
  This paper reviews 11 prevention control techniques for coal mine bursts.
• Analysis of Acoustic Responses of Domal Salt Mine Samples
  1/1/1990 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines has developed an acoustic test for determining if a rock salt sample is from a "normal" nongassy salt face or from a gassy face where an outburst has the potential to occur.
• Investigation of Methane Occurrence and Outbursts in the Cote Blanche Domal Salt Mine, Louisiana
  1/1/1988 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines conducted an investigation into the occurrence of outbursts of salt known to be responsible for explosions, fatalities, and damage in domal salt mines. The purpose of the investigation was to develop a basis for predicting these outb...
• A Review of the Mechanisms of Gas Outbursts in Coal
  1/1/1987 - Information Circulars
  Outbursts are sudden and violent releases of gas and coal that result from a complex function of geology, stress regime, and gas pressure and content. The Bureau of Mines has reviewed methods for prediction and mitigation of such outbursts in use worldw...