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Sinkholes and Subsidence will provide a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction, in our living environment. The authors consider the various methods used in site investigations, both direct and indirect, to locate the features associated with these associated hazards and risks, highlighting the value of hazard mapping. Various ground improvement techniques, such as grouting, and the special types of foundation structures which deal with these problems are covered towards the end of the book. This book is supplemented with a wealth of actual case studies and solutions, written by invited experts.
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Sinkholes and Subsidence Karst and Cavernous Rocks in Engineering and Construction Tony Waltham Fred Bell and Martin Culshaw Sinkholes and Subsidence Karst and Cavernous Rocks in Engineering and Construction Published in association with Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK Dr Tony Waltham Lecturer in engineering geology Civil Engineering Division Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK Professor Fred. G. Bell Visiting Research Associate British Geological Survey Keyworth Nottinghamshire UK Martin G. Culshaw Manager of the Urban Geoscience and Geological Hazards Programme British Geological Survey Keyworth Nottinghamshire UK SPRINGER±PRAXIS BOOKS IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES SUBJECT ADVISORY EDITOR: Dr Philippe Blondel, C.Geol., F.G.S., Ph.D., M.Sc., Senior Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, UK ISBN 3-540-20725-2 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Springer is part of Springer-Science + Business Media (springeronline.com) Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibl