The formation of cover collapse sinkholes in North of Hamedan, Iran

Geomorphology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 76-86

  Heidari, M ^a   Khanlari, G R ^a   Taleb Beydokhti, A R ^b   Momeni, A A ^c  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Shahrod University of Technology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Formation; Iran; Karst; Pneumatolytic; Sinkhole

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; DISSOLUTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROUNDWATER; KARST; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SINKHOLE; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

HAMADAN; IRAN;

EID: 79960267880     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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