Spatial distribution, morphometry and activity of La Puebla de Alfindén sinkhole field in the Ebro river valley (NE Spain): Applied aspects for hazard zonation

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 360-369

  Gutierrez Santolalla F ^a   Gutierrez Elorza M ^a   Marin C ^a   Desir, G ^a   Maldonado, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collapse sinkhole; Evaporite karst; Hazard zonation; Spain; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EVAPORATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; SURFACES; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER;

HAZARD ZONATION; MORPHOMETRY; PLUVIOGRAPH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

KARST; SINKHOLE;

EID: 23044446566     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1280-8     Document Type: Article

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