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Landslides & Slope Instability


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Subsidence & Collapse Hazard


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Seismic Hazard


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Flood Hazard


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Tsunami Hazard


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Volcanic Hazard


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Gas Hazard


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Fault Reactivation Hazard


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Fault Reactivation

Faults located in areas prone to mining subsidence are susceptible to reactivation. This may result in the generation of a scarp along the ground surface (also referred to by mining engineers, subsidence engineers and land surveyors as a ‘step’ or ‘break line’).

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