Identification, remediation, and analysis of karst sinkholes in the longest railroad tunnel in South Korea

Engineering Geology

Volumn 135-136, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-105

  Song, Ki Il ^a   Cho, Gye Chun ^b   Chang, Seok Bue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Samsung C and T Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Karst sinkholes; Risk reduction system; South Korea; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; CHEMICAL CORROSION; DRAINAGE DESIGNS; DRILLING METHODS; DURING CONSTRUCTION; FAULT PLANES; GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION METHODS; GROUND REINFORCEMENT; GROUND SURFACE SETTLEMENTS; GROUND SURFACES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; KARST SINKHOLES; KARST TERRAINS; LONG TERM STABILITY; MICRO-SCALES; RESERVOIR WATER; RISK REDUCTIONS; SEEPAGE ANALYSIS; SINKHOLE DEVELOPMENT; SINKHOLE FORMATION; SOUTH KOREA; UNDERGROUND TUNNELS; VERTICAL CAVITY; WATER INRUSH;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORE DRILLING; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUTING; LANDFORMS; LIME; LIMESTONE; MORTAR; RAILROAD TUNNELS; SUBSIDENCE; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

TUNNELS;

CAVITY; GROUTING; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; LIMESTONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE; TUNNELING;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84859635378     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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