Gypsum foundation problems in the Black Hills area, South Dakota

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-223

  Rahn, Perry H ^a   Davis, Arden D ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foundations; Gypsum; Karst; Sinkholes; Solution; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FOUNDATION FAILURE; GYPSUM; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE; WATER INCURSION;

USA, SOUTH DAKOTA, BLACK HILLS;

EID: 0030461150     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.ii.2.213     Document Type: Article

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