Assessment of suffosion-related hazards in karst areas using GIS technology

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 957-962

  Koutepov, V M ^a   Mironov, O K ^a   Tolmachev, V V ^b  

^a SERGEEV INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^b State Unitary Enterprise on Karst Control and Bank Protection of Gosstroy of the Russian Federation   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model (DEM); Geographic information system (GIS); Karst; Karst collapse; Karst hazard; Stress analysis; Suffosion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HAZARDS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); KARST; KARST COLLAPSE; KARST HAZARDS; SUFFOSION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; GRAVITY FIELD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KARST HYDROLOGY; SINKHOLE; SOIL STRENGTH; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 42449104369     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0888-2     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Koutepov VM (1983) Particularities of formation of a stress of rock masses in karsted areas. Bull IAEG 28:267-271, Paris
2. Koutepov VM, Kozhevnikova VN (1989) Ustoychivost' karstovykh territoriy (Stability of karstified areas), Nauka, Moscow, 151 p (in Russian)