The GIS approach to evaporite-karst geohazards in Great Britain

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 981-992

  Cooper, A H ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaporite; GIS; Hazard assessment; Karst; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CAVES; DISSOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GYPSUM; HAZARDS; SUBSIDENCE;

GEOLOGICAL MAPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KARSTIC GROUNDWATER FLOW;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DATABASE; DIGITAL MAP; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORITE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GIS; GYPSUM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KARST; NATURAL HAZARD; PERMIAN; SALT; TRIASSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249024638     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0724-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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