Land subsidence and caprock dolines caused by subsurface gypsum dissolution and the effect of subsidence on the fluvial system in the Upper Tigris Basin (between Bismil-Batman, Turkey)

Geomorphology

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 389-401

  Doǧan, Uǧur ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caprock doline; Confined aquifer; Karst; Land subsidence; Subsurface gypsum dissolution; Tigris River; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CONFINED AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; DOLINE; GYPSUM; KARSTIFICATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 27844556392     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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