Fifty Years Under the Sinkhole Plain
Author: Gary Roberson
Publisher:
Published: 2009-05-01
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781495104190
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gary Roberson
Publisher:
Published: 2009-05-01
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781495104190
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gary Roberson
Publisher:
Published: 2009-05-01
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781495104183
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ana Isabel Camacho
Publisher: Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 706
ISBN-13: 9788400072803
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Greg A. Brick
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-12-01
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 3030546330
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book discusses the karst and pseudokarst of the Upper Midwest, USA, consisting of the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois—the first regional synthesis in 40 years. Starting with an overview of the regional geology of what is largely glaciated fluviokarst and paleokarst developed on Paleozoic carbonates, but including other lithologies such as the St. Peter Sandstone and the Ft. Dodge Gypsum, the caves, springs, sinkholes, and karst hydrogeology of each state are described. Special attention is devoted to the region’s longest caves: Coldwater Cave, Mystery Cave, and the Minnesota Cave Preserve caves. Application of tools such as data loggers and LiDAR, with new conceptual models such as hypogenic speleogenesis, has been transformative here. Special topics include lead and zinc mining in the Driftless Area, vertebrate and invertebrate cave fauna near the Laurentide ice limit, the impact and policies of nutrient and herbicide intensive modern agriculture on karst, and paleoclimate studies. The discovery, exploration, institutional history of caving organizations, and show caves of the Upper Midwest, from the year 1700 onwards, are brought up to date. The top 10 historical paradigms of cave and karst science in the Midwest are reviewed. Perspectives on paleontology, archeology, and Native American rock art are included.
Author: B.F. Beck
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9789058091901
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This text covers topics such as sinkhole formation and regional studies of sinkholes and karst. Issues addressed are taken from the 8th multidiscilinary conference on this subject and chart the characteristics of sinkholes and karst as well as their environmental repercussions.
Author: Tony Waltham
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-03-15
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 3540269533
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"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.