Title: Sinkholes :
Authors: Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes; Beck, Barry F.; Florida Sinkhole Research Institute.
Date: 1984
Publisher: A.A. Balkema,
Physical description: x, 429 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: G
Contents: Sinkhole terminology / Barry F. Beck -- Review of induced sinkhole development / J.G. Newton -- Florida karst -- its relationship to geologic structure and stratigraphy / Walter Schmidt & Thomas M. Scott -- Karst progression / Dennis J. Price -- Impact of ground-water chemistry on sinkhole development along a retreating scarp / Sam B. Upchurch & Fred W. Lawrence -- Sinkhole collapse induced by groundwater pumpage for freeze protection irrigation near Dover, Florida, January 1977 / Susan J. Metcalfe & Larry E. Hall -- Influence of a karstified limestone surface on an open-marine, marsh-dominated coastline : west central Florida / Joan G. Hutton [and others] -- Seismic-reflection studies of sinkholes and limestone dissolution features on the northeastern Florida shelf / Peter Popenoe, F.A. Kohout & F.T. Manheim -- Structural and hydrogeologic applications of remote sensing data, eastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico / C. Scott Southworth --^ A comparison of sinkhole depth frequency distributions in temperate and tropic karst regions / J.W. Troester, Elizabeth L. White & William B. White -- Sinkhole distribution in the central and northern Valley and Ridge province, Virginia / David A. Hubbard, Jr. -- Sinkhole distribution in Winona County, Minnesota / Janet Dalgleish & E. Calvin Alexander -- Tectonics and geology in karst development of northern Lower Michigan / Tyrone J. Black -- Pattern and antiquity of sinkholes along an alluviated karstified valley : Friars Hole, West Virginia / S.R.H. Worthington & D.C. Ford -- Karst and subsidence in China / Zhang Shouyue -- A contour map, volume estimate, and description of Teague's Sinkhole / James J. Hollingshead -- Development, occurrence, and triggering mechanisms of sinkholes in the carbonate rocks of the Lehigh Valley, eastern Pennsylvania / Paul B. Myers, Jr. & Michael Perlow, Jr. -- Submarine 'sinkholes' : a review / Marco Taviani --^ A brief review of the South African sinkhole problem / Anthony B.A. Brink -- Catastrophic subsidence : Shelby County, Alabama / Philip E. LaMoreaux -- Sinkhole development in north-central Puerto Rico / Mikolaj Wegrzyn, Alejandro E. Soto & Juan A. Pérez -- Collapse sinkholes in the blanket sands of the Puerto Rico karst belt / Alejandro E. Soto & Wanda Morales -- Predicting the location of surface collapse within karst depressions : a Jamaican example / Michael Day -- Investigation techniques on dolomites in South Africa / Peter W. Day & Fritz von M. Wagener -- New Jersey sinkholes : distribution, formation, effects, geotechnical engineering / Joseph A. Fischer & Richard W. Greene -- Sinkhole risk analysis for a selected area in Warren County, New Jersey / D. Raghu & Charles Tiedeman -- Use of percussion probes for the design and construction of foundations in and on carbonate formations / D. Raghu. J.J. Lifrieri & F.C. Rhyner --^ Methods for describing and predicting the occurrence of sinkholes / Albert E. Ogden -- Factors affecting the collapse of cavities / Thomas F. Beggs & Byron E. Ruth -- Relationship of modern sinkhole development to large scale-photolinear features / J.R. Littlefield [and others] -- Application of double Fourier series analysis to ground subsidence susceptibility mapping in covered karst terrain / Marcus J.W. Thorp & George A. Brook -- Evaluation of subsidence or collapse potential due to subsurface cavities / Richard C. Benson & Lester J. La Fountain -- Examination of sinkholes by seismic reflection / Don W. Steeples, Ralph W. Knapp & Richard D. Miller -- Geophysical characteristics of fracture traces in the carbonate Floridan Aquifer / Mark Stewart & John Wood -- Sinkhole prediction -- review of electrical resistivity methods / Eberhard Werner -- Hydrocompaction sinkholes in the San Joaquin Valley, California / Nikola P. Prokopovich -- Sinkholes in southeastern North Carolina --^ a geologic phenomenon and related engineering problems / Henning F. Koch -- Soil cavities formed by piping / Ralph J. Hodek, Allan M. Johnson & Dean B. Sandri -- Sinkholes at Tarbela Dam project / Izharul Haq & Altaf-ur-Rehman -- Self-healing sinkholes in an earth dam foundation / Neil H. Wade & Lloyd R. Courage -- Sinkhole problem related to dam engineering / Robert C. Lo -- The influence of urbanization on sinkhole development in central Pennsylvania / Elizabeth L. White, Gert Aron & William B. White -- Sinkhole flooding associated with urban development upon karst terrain : Bowling Green, Kentucky / Nicholas C. Crawford -- Litigious problems associated with sinkholes, emphasizing recent Kentucky cases alleging liability when sinkholes were flooded / James F. Quinlan -- Toxic and explosive fumes rising from carbonate aquifers : a hazard for residents of sinkhole plains / Nicholas C. Crawford --^ Characterization of the shallow groundwater system in an area with thin soils and sinkholes (Door Co., WI) / James H. Wiersma [and others] -- Altura Minnesota lagoon collapses / E. Calvin Alexander & Paul R. Book -- The applicability of the Florida Mandatory Endorsement for Sinkhole Collapse Coverage. Part 1, Legal aspects. Part 2, Case history, foundation settlement of a residential structure -- was it a sinkhole? / William G. Salomone -- Remedial measures associated with sinkhole-related foundation distress / John E. Garlanger -- A geological survey's cooperative approach to analyzing and remedying a sinkhole related disaster in an urban environment / Robert Canace & Richard Dalton -- Sinkhole activity in the vicinity of the Sunny Point, N.C., Military Ocean Terminal / Earl F. Titcomb, Jr. & Jack M. Keeton -- Evaluation, repair and stabilization of the Boling Sinkhole FM 442, Wharton County, Texas / Boyd V. Dreyer & Clyde E. Schulz --^ Engineering problems associated with sinkholes in the Valley of Virginia / H.G. Larew & E.O. Gooch -- Maturation of the Winter Park sinkhole / S.E. Jammal -- Correction and protection in limestone terrane / George F. Sowers -- Sinkhole and subsidence damage and protective measures / Nath S. Parate -- Geotechnical considerations in the location, design, and construction of highways in karst terrain -- 'the Pellissippi Parkway extension', Knox-Blount counties, Tennessee / Harry L. Moore -- A model study of a proposed concrete road pavement over a potential sinkhole area / J. Marius Louw, Paul H. Goedhart & Frederick J. van Zyl -- Foundation problems on karstic limestone formations in western Thailand -- a case of Khao Laero Dam / Dennes T. Bergado, Chanin Areepitak & Friedrich Prinzl -- Construction on dolomite in South Africa / Fritz von M. Wagener & Peter W. Day -- High-volume grouting to control sinkhole subsidence / Christopher R. Ryan --^ Collapse and compaction of sinkholes by dynamic compaction / Christian A. Guyot -- Sinkhole development in reclaimed smectitic spoil / Maurice B. Dusseault, J. Don Scott & Steve Moran.
Notes: "Sponsored by the Florida Sinkhole Research Institute, College of Engineering, University of Central Florida."
Subject headings (LCSH): Earth movements and building--Congresses.; Sinkholes--Congresses.; Subsidences (Earth movements)--Congresses.