Surface displacements induced by underground activities from 2014 to 2019 in the former Lorraine coalfield, northeastern France

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 196, 2025


Article Number		7
Number of page(s)		11
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2025006
Published online		12 May 2025

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