TY - BOOK ID - 208139 TI - Sinkholes and subsidence : karst and cavernous rocks in engineering and construction AU - Waltham, Tony. AU - Bell, F. G. AU - Culshaw, M. G. PY - 2005 SN - 1280816880 9786610816880 3540269533 3540207252 3642058515 PB - Berlin ; New York : Springer/Praxis, DB - UniCat KW - Physical geography. KW - Hydraulic engineering. KW - Geology. KW - Geophysics/Geodesy. KW - Hydrogeology. KW - Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Engineering, Hydraulic KW - Engineering KW - Fluid mechanics KW - Hydraulics KW - Shore protection KW - Geography KW - Earth movements and building. KW - Engineering geology. KW - Sinkholes. KW - Subsidences (Earth movements) KW - Cenotes KW - Sink holes KW - Sinks (Geology) KW - Holes KW - Karst KW - Civil engineering KW - Geology, Economic KW - Building and earth movements KW - Building and subsidences KW - Subsidences and building KW - Building KW - Buildings KW - Land subsidences KW - Earth movements KW - Geology KW - Protection KW - Geophysics. KW - Geotechnical engineering. KW - Engineering, Geotechnical KW - Geotechnics KW - Geotechnology KW - Engineering geology KW - Geohydrology KW - Hydrology KW - Groundwater KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:208139 AB - "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 develop and mature in karst terrains. They consider the various methods used in site investigations, both direct and indirect, to locate the features associated with these hazards and risks, highlighting the value of hazard mapping. Various ground improvement techniques and the special types of foundation structures which deal with these problems are covered in the second half of the text. This book is supplemented with a wealth of actual case studies and solutions, written by invited experts. ER -