Sinkholes formed by piping into buried channels

Geomorphology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 307-312

  Higgins, Charles G ^a   Schoner, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Drylands; Piping; Pseudokarst; Sinkholes; Throughflow

Indexed keywords

DRYLANDS; PIPING; PSEUDOKARST; SINKHOLE; THROUGHFLOW;

USA, CALIFORNIA, CENTRAL VALLEY;

EID: 0031447128     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(97)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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