Two sinkholes opened up in Swansea Heads this week, but #UON - TopicsExpress



          

Two sinkholes opened up in Swansea Heads this week, but #UON Geotechnical Engineering Professor Stephen Fityus says there is no need to panic. “If there’s one big shaft in this particular area it’s unlikely there’ll be dozens of them, that’s not the way coal mines work.” “Potentially, as many as half the houses in the geographical bounds of the city of Newcastle are undermined by old mine workings. I’m less than 20 metres above an abandoned mine site…but it’s not going to pose a significant threat to me and my family in our lives.” READ MORE: abc.net.au/news/2014-05-28/second-sink-hole-opens-up-in-a-swansea-street-near-newcastle/5482704 #sinkholes #Swansea #Newcastle ABC News #engineering #UniResearch #research
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:56:31 +0000

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