Settlement and Deformation Characteristics of Grouting-Filled Goaf Areas Using Integrated InSAR Technologies

Xingli Li, Huayang Dai (), Fengming Li, Haolei Zhang and Jun Fang
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Xingli Li: College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Huayang Dai: College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Fengming Li: CCTEG Ecological Environment Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300450, China
Haolei Zhang: CCTEG Ecological Environment Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300450, China
Jun Fang: CCTEG Ecological Environment Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300450, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-18

Abstract: Subsidence over abandoned goaves is a primary trigger for secondary geological hazards such as surface collapse, landslides, and cracking. This threatens safe mining operations, impairs regional economic progress, and endangers local inhabitants and their assets. At present, goaf areas are mainly treated through grouting. However, owing to the deficiencies of traditional deformation monitoring methods (e.g., leveling and GPS), including their slow speed, high cost, and limited data accuracy influenced by the number of monitoring points, the surface deformation features of goaf zones treated with grouting cannot be obtained in a timely fashion. Therefore, this study proposes a method to analyze the spatio-temporal patterns of surface deformation in grout-filled goaves based on the fusion of Multi-temporal InSAR technologies, leveraging the complementary advantages of D-InSAR, PS-InSAR, and SBAS-InSAR techniques. An investigation was conducted in a coal mine located in Shandong Province, China, utilizing an integrated suite of C-band satellite data. This dataset included 39 scenes from the RadarSAT-2 and 40 scenes from the Sentinel missions, acquired between September 2019 and September 2022. Key results reveal a significant reduction in surface deformation rates following grouting operations: pre-grouting deformation reached up to −98 mm/a (subsidence) and +134 mm/a (uplift), which decreased to −11.2 mm/a and +18.7 mm/a during grouting, and further stabilized to −10.0 mm/a and +16.0 mm/a post-grouting. Time-series analysis of cumulative deformation and typical coherent points confirmed that grouting effectively mitigated residual subsidence and induced localized uplift due to soil compaction and fracture expansion. The comparison with the leveling measurement data shows that the accuracy of this method meets the requirements, confirming the method’s efficacy in capturing the actual ground dynamics during grouting. It provides a scientific basis for the safe expansion of mining cities and the safe reuse of land resources.

Keywords: grouting filling; multi-temporal InSAR; surface deformation; goaf; mining subsidence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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