Subsidence hazards due to evaporite dissolution in the United States

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-409

  Johnson, Kenneth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Evaporite dissolution; Evaporite karst; Gypsum karst; Salt karst; Sinkholes; Subsidence hazards; USA

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; HAZARDS; LIMESTONE; WATER;

DOLOMITES; EVAPORITE DISSOLUTION; SUBSIDENCE HAZARDS; UNITED STATES;

ROCKS;

KARST; SUBSIDENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23144453543     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1283-5     Document Type: Article

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