Geotechnical and environmental applications of karst geology and hydrology : proceedings of the Eighth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karsts, Louisville, Kentucky, 1-4 April 2001 / edited by Barry F. Beck & J. Gayle Herring.

Author/creator Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst
Other author Beck, Barry F.
Other author Herring, J. Gayle.
Format Book
Publication InfoLisse : Balkema, 2001.
Descriptionix, 437 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Tunnelling and mining in karstic terrane; an engineering challenge / Paul G. Marinos -- Sinkhole Formation -- Geological and geotechnical context of cover collapse and subsidence in mid-continent U.S. clay-mantled karst / T. Cooley -- A comparison of human-induced sinkholes between China and the United States / Y. Gao, E.C. Alexander, Jr., M. Lei -- Karstic and pseudokarstic sinkholes in Hawaii / W.R. Halliday -- Sinkhole distribution of the Valley and Ridge Province, Virginia / D.A. Hubbard, Jr. -- Topographic, geologic, and hydrogeologic controls on dimensions and locations of sinkholes in thick covered karst, Lowndes County, Georgia / J.A. Hyatt, R. Wilson, J.S. Givens, P.M. Jacobs -- Subsidence rates of alluvial dolines in the central Ebro Basin, northeastern Spain / M.A. Soriano, J.L. Simon -- Cover-collapse sinkhole formation and piezometric surface drawdown / T.M. Tharp -- Regional Studies of Sinkholes and Karst -- Characterization and classification of Alfisols developed in the karstic land of northwestern Turkey / Cumhur Aydinalp -- Developing a GIS for the Jamaican Cockpit Country / M.S. Chenoweth, M.J. Day -- The purposes of the main sinkhole project in the Latium Region of central Italy / A. Colombi, E. Di Loreto, F. Nolasco, G. Capelli, R. Salvati -- Karst development in the southern English chalk / A.R. Farrant -- Application of GIS technology to study karst features of southeastern Minnesota / Y. Gao, E.C. Alexander, Jr., R. Tipping.
General noteInternat. conference proceedings.
General noteP. 347-352 have been cut out by the publisher.
General noteErrata sheet tipped in.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst (8th : 2001 : Louisville, Ky.). Geotechnical and environmental applications of karst geology and hydrology. Lisse : Balkema, 2001
Genre/formCongresses.
Genre/formConference papers and proceedings.
Genre/formLouisville (Ky., 2001)
LCCN 2003544840
ISBN9058091902 (hd. bd.)
ISBN9789058091901 (hd. bd.)
Stock numberLevant - sup 121.39

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