Karst hazard assessment of Eastern Saudi Arabia

Natural Hazards

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-30

  Amin, Ammar A ^a   Bankher, Khalid A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cavern; Collapsed dolines; Geographic area; Karst; Shaft; Sinkhole; Swallowhole

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KARST; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE;

SAUDI ARABIA, DHAHRAN;

EID: 0030664004     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007918623324     Document Type: Article

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