Karst geohazards in the UK: The use of digital data for hazard management

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-356

  Farrant, A R ^a   Cooper, A H ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DISSOLUTION; BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; BUILDING DAMAGED; DATA-SETS; DIGITAL DATA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOHAZARDS; GEOLOGICAL MAPS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; KARST DATABASE; KARST FEATURES; KARSTIC; ROCK UNITS; SITE INVESTIGATION; TRIASSIC;

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

DISSOLUTION;

BUILDING; CHALK; DAMAGE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; DIGITAL MAP; DISSOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GYPSUM; HALITE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST; SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 51949102909     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/07-201     Document Type: Article

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