Subsidence hazards due to evaporite dissolution in the Cinca River Valley (NE Spain)

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 122, 2003, Pages 162-174

  Lucha, Pedro ^a   Gutiérrez, Francisco ^a   Guerrero, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GYPSUM; HYDROLOGY; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINING; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE;

CATASTROPHIC SINKHOLES; GRAVITATIONAL DEFORMATIONS;

RIVERS;

EID: 1642274799     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40698(2003)14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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