Applied Karst Geology

Proceedings of the Fourth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes
and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst


Panama City, Florida                               January 25-27, 1993

Edited by Barry F. Beck

Sponsored by
University of Central Florida, Division of Sponsored Research
P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc.
 
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KEYNOTE PAPER

Sinkholes in carbonate, sulphate, and chloride karst regions: Principles and problems of engineering geological investigations and predictions, with comments for the construction and mining industries
Fritz Reuter, Dietrich Stoyan
 

GEOLOGY OF KARST AREAS

Subsidence-sinkhole development in light of mud infiltrate structures within interstratal karst of the Coastal Plain, Southeast United States
Mark Jancin, David D. Clark

Areal analysis of karst data from the Great Valley of Pennsylvania
William E. Kochanov

Pseudo-sinkholes in lateritic terrains, Brasilia, Brazil
Augusto F. Mendonca, Augusto C.B. Pires, Jorge G.C. Barros
 

GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION IN KARST TERRANE

Seasonality of chloride and nitrate contamination in the southwestern Wisconsin karst
Philip P. Reeder, Michael J. Day

Bellechester, Minnesota lagoon collapse
E. Calvin Alexander Jr., Jeffrey S. Broberg, Andrew R. Kehren, Marco M. Graziani, Wendy L. Turri

Pollution of limestone aquifer due to urban waste disposal around Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Ninad Bodhankar, B. Chatterjee

Groundwater investigations to determine contaminant movement in the karst aquifers of the Lewisburg, Tennessee area
Nicholas C. Crawford, Christi S. Ulmer

Dye trace and bacteriological testing of sinkholes tributary to Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Florida
Robert E. Wallace III
 

GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF KARST

Spatial sampling considerations and their applications to characterizing fractured rock and karst systems
Richard C. Benson, Lynn Yuhr

Electromagnetic induction and seismic refraction surveys to detect bedrock pinnacles
John Jansen, James Anklam, Chris Goodwin, Alan Roof

The location and delineation of karst and solution collapse features by acoustic tomography
Peter W. McDowell, Victoria Hope

Effective geophysical methods for Virginia karst terrains
R.A. Erchul

Abandoned mine detection and stability assessment: similarities to subsidence prediction for dissolution cavities
Douglas L. Smith, Anthony F. Randazzo
 

KARST HYDROLOGY

Flooding of Sinking Creek, Garretts Spring karst drainage basin, Jessamine and Woodford Counties, Kentucky
James C. Currens, C. Douglas R. Graham

Assessment of ground water withdrawal impacts in a karst area
Raymond A. DeStephen, Carl P. Benson

Methods for distinguishing springs that are rapidly influenced by surface water recharge for springhead protection purposes
Albert E. Ogden, Kristie G. Hamilton, Teresa L. Brown

Methods for predicting the directions of contaminant transport in flat-lying and folded carbonate rocks
Albert E. Ogden, Ronald K. Redman

Influence of the Holbox fracture zone on the karst geomorphology and hydrogeology of northern Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Slawomir M. Tulaczyk, Eugene C. Perry, Charles E. Duller, Miguel Villasuso

Dispersion/velocity-rated groundwater sensitivity
Joseph A. Ray, Phillip W. O'dell

Subsurface karst features in Florida
Ed Lane
 

ENGINEERING DESIGNS IN KARST AREAS

Engineering characteristics of the pinnacled surface of the Ketona dolomite in the Birmingham Valley of Alabama
Tony L. Cooley

Karst—A management perspective
Thomas C. Graham, Joseph A. Fischer

Roadway design in karst
Joseph A. Fischer, Richard W. Greene, Joseph J. Fischer

Foundation engineering practice for bridges in karst areas in Pennsylvania
David L. Knott, F. Barry Newman, Luis F. Rojas-Gonzalez, Richard E. Gray

Sinkhole danger - Engineering problem of covered karst
Georgi M. Troitzky, Vladimir V. Tolmachyov, Victor P. Khomenko
 

REMEDIAL ENGINEERING IN KARST TERRANE

Ground stabilization for foundation and excavation construction in Florida karst topography
Larry J. Almaleh, J. Dean Grob, Rich H. Gorny

Logan Martin Dam deep grouting program: Hydrogeologic framework in folded and faulted Appalachian karst
James C. Redwine

Grouting beneath an existing dam founded in karst terrane
Bobby E. Williams, Ron Robinson

The use of compaction grouting to remediate a railroad embankment in a karst environment
Gary T. Brill, James Drew Hussin

A case study of compaction grouting for foundation support in karst terrain: Earth and Marine Sciences Building, University of California at Santa Cruz
Francis Gularte, Robert A. Griffis, John E. Kasunich, Timothy C. Best
 

PLANNING STUDIES AND THE GOVERNMENTAL ROLE IN UTILIZING KARST TERRANE

A karst model ordinance
The Limestone Resource Committee of the North Jersey Resource Conservation and Development Council

An investigation of engineering and environmental concerns relating to proposed highway construction in a karst terrane
David A. Hubbard Jr., William M. Balfour

Status report on the Virginia karst mapping program
David A. Hubbard Jr.

Remote sensing application for identifying areas of vulnerable hydrogeology and potential sinkhole collapse within highway transportation corridors
David A. Padgett

The safety of high density informal settlements on the dolomites of South Africa
David B. Buttrick, Paul Roux


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