Structural control of sinkholes and subsidence hazards along the Jordanian Dead Sea coast

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 290-301

  Closson, Damien ^a  

^a Signal and Image Centre (SIC)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Ghor al Haditha; Hazards; Interferometry; Jordan; Lisan; Lynch Strait; Sinkholes; Subsidence; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; EVAPORATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; PONDING; RADAR; SATELLITES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

DEAD SEA (DS); LISAN PENINSULA (LP); SINKHOLES; SUBSIDENCE HAZARDS;

SUBSIDENCE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

JORDANIA;

EID: 12844253948     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1155-4     Document Type: Article

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