Subsidence caused by gypsum dissolution at Ripon, North Yorkshire

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-310

  Cooper, Anthony H ^a   Waltham, Antony C ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINKHOLES;

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM;

SUBSIDENCE;

DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; SUBSIDENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033379654     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1999.032.P4.01     Document Type: Article

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