Halite karst geohazards (natural and man-made) in the United Kingdom

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 505-512

  Cooper, Anthony H ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brine; Brine extraction; Geohazards Salt springs; Halite; Salt; Subsidence; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALT DEPOSITS;

GEOHAZARDS; SALT SPRINGS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRINE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HALITE; HAZARD; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST; MINING; ROCK SALT; SOLUTION FEATURE; SPRING WATER; SUBSIDENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0036705365     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-001-0512-9     Document Type: Article

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