Geomechanical response of an abandoned chalk mine to multi-annual water table fluctuations

The Paris basin contains 35,000–40,000 mines, most of which are abandoned, having mined chalk, a rock very sensitive to water. Although they have been excavated above the groundwater level, some of the mines can be temporarily or permanently flooded, due to (some) exceptional rainfall events. We hav...

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