Integrated investigations of karst phenomena in urban environments

Engineering Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 273-289

  Epting, Jannis ^a   Huggenberger, Peter ^a   Glur, Lukas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Sedimentology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conduit development; Dam site; Gypsum dissolution; Hydrogeophysics; Karst evolution; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CONDUIT DEVELOPMENT; DAM SITE; GYPSUM DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; KARST EVOLUTION;

DAMS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUITS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; SUBSIDENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER RESOURCES;

LANDFORMS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST; SUBSIDENCE; URBAN AREA;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70350303331     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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