Karst database implementation in Minnesota: Analysis of sinkhole distribution

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1083-1098

  Gao, Y ^a   Alexander Jr , E C ^b   Barnes, R J ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete spatial randomness (csr); Distance to nearest neighbor (DNN); Karst Feature database (KFD); Minnesota; Nearest neighbor analysis (NNA); Nearest neighbor index (NNI)

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; EROSION; GEOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; KARST FEATURE DATABASE (KFD); NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS (NNA); SINKHOLE DISTRIBUTIONS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATABASE; KARST; SINKHOLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21344455309     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1241-2     Document Type: Article

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