Environmental and economic risks from sinkholes in west-central Florida

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-217

  Scheidt, Justin ^a   Lerche, Ian ^b   Paleologos, Evan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; SINKHOLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644484225     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.05130404009     Document Type: Article

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