The effect of groundwater overexploitation on land subsidence and sinkhole occurrences, western Iran

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-456

  Khanlari, Gholamreza ^a   Heidari, Mojtaba ^a   Momeni, Ali Akbar ^b   Ahmadi, Mohammad ^c   Beydokhti, Alireza Taleb ^d  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Tooss Ab ConsultingEngineers Co   (Iran)

^d IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE STRESS; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS; GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION; KARSTIC LIMESTONE; LAND SUBSIDENCE; OVEREXPLOITATION; SINKHOLE FORMATION; STUDY AREAS; TRIGGERING FACTORS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

GROUNDWATER;

BEDROCK; DROUGHT; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WATER LEVEL;

HAMADAN; IRAN;

EID: 84873834879     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2010-069     Document Type: Article

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