Investigation and remediation of the 2006 Nixa, Missouri, collapse sinkhole

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-24

  Gouzie, Douglas ^a   Pendergrass, Gary ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pendergrass Geological Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering geology; Environmental geology; Geohazards; Karst; Land use planning; Sinkhole

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; GEOHAZARDS; KARST; LAND-USE PLANNING; SINKHOLE;

DRAINAGE; EARTH SCIENCES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; REMEDIATION;

FORESTRY;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COLLAPSE; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KARST; LAND USE PLANNING; REMEDIATION; SINKHOLE; SITE INVESTIGATION; STORMWATER; SUBSIDENCE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TERRANE;

MISSOURI; NIXA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62949221673     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.15.1.13     Document Type: Article

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