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subsidence break
A fracture in the rocks overlying a coal seam or mineral deposit as a result of its removal by mining operations. The subsidence break usually extends from the face upward and backward over the unworked area.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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