Formation of sinkholes along the shore of the dead sea - Preliminary investigation

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 122, 2003, Pages 184-192

  Yechieli, Y ^a   Abelson, M ^a   Wachs, D ^a   Shtivelman, V ^b   Crouvi, O ^a   Baer, G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ROCKS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY;

CAVERNS; COLLAPSE-SINKHOLES;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 1642295932     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40698(2003)16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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