Sinkholes and Subsidence Karst and Cavernous Rocks in Engineering and Construction /
"Sinkholes and Subsidence" provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction in our living environment. The authors explain the processes by which different types of sinkholes deve...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , , |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2005.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2005. |
Colección: | Geophysical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Rocks, dissolution and karst
- Sinkhole classification and nomenclature
- Rock failure in collapse and caprock sinkholes
- Soil failure in subsidence sinkholes
- Buried sinkholes and rockhead features
- Sinkholes in insoluble rocks
- Rock failure under imposed load over caves
- Sinkholes induced by engineering works
- Ground investigation in sinkhole terrains
- Hazard and risk assessment of sinkholes
- Prevention and remediation of sinkholes
- Construction in sinkhole terrains
- Case studies.