Geophysical response of filled sinkholes, soil pipes and associated bedrock fractures in thinly mantled karst, east-central Illinois

Environmental Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 705-716

  Ahmed, Shawkat ^a   Carpenter, Philip J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Illinois, USA; Karst; Macropores; Sinkhole; Soil piping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FRACTURE; MOISTURE; SOILS;

SINKHOLES;

GEOPHYSICS;

AQUIFER; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FRACTURE FLOW; KARST; PIPING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SINKHOLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141453552     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0812-3     Document Type: Article

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