Sinkholes and the engineering and environmental impacts of karst : proceedings of the ninth multidisciplinary conference, September 6-10, 2003, Huntsville, Alabama / edited by Barry F. Beck.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Beck, Barry F.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Conference Name:

Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst (9th : 2003 : Huntsville, Ala.)

Series:

Geotechnical special publication ; no. 122.

Geotechnical special publication ; no. 122

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sinkholes--Congresses.

Sinkholes.

Karst--Congresses.

Karst.

Hydrology, Karst--Congresses.

Hydrology, Karst.

Engineering geology--Congresses.

Engineering geology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 735 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.

Summary:

Proceedings of the Ninth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, held in Huntsville, Alabama, September 6-10, 2003. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE: the National Ground Water Association; P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc. This Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 122) contains 66 papers on karst terrain, which presents unique engineering and environmental problems. The top rock is highly irregular and the rock itself is often riddled with voids, creating unreliable foundation conditions. Precipitation drains down the rock rather than running off over the surface and erodes the surficial sediments downward, causing sinkhole collapse and ground settlement. Groundwater moves rapidly through dissolved drainage channels in the rock resulting in a turbulent flow, which allows pollutants to be transported great distances very quickly. Traditional groundwater quality monitoring systems as required by many regulations are inapplicable in karst terrains and may fail to detect contaminants. The unique set of problems requires new and innovative techniques developed by engineers and scientists from all over North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Contents:

Prevention and Remediation in Karst Engineering / Petar Milanovic 3

Geology and Origin of Sinkholes and Karst

Assessing the Risk of Karst Subsidence and Collapse / Richard C. Benson, Lynn Yuhr, Ronald D. Kaufmann 31

An Assessment of Karstic Collapse Hazards at Mount Rosser, Ewarton, Jamaica / Michael J. Day 40

Characteristics of Stable and Reactivated In-Filled Paleo-Karst Features in West-Central Florida / Mark H. Horwitz, Ted J. Smith 50

Use of Regional Sinkhole Mapping for Sinkhole Susceptibility Maps / David A. Hubbard, Jr. 61

Site Characterization of Sinkholes Based on Resolution of Mapping / Karen M. Kastning, Ernst H. Kastning 72

Subsidence-Induced Foundation Failures in Florida's Karst Terrain / Anthony F. Randazzo, Douglas L. Smith 82

Subtle but Significant Karst on the Glaciated Bellevue-Castalia Karst Plain, Ohio, USA / Ira D. Sasowsky, Michael A. Dinsmore, Roberto Salvati, Rebecca Bixby, Heather Raymond, Peter Mazzeo 95

Cover-Collapse Sinkhole Formation and Soil Plasticity / Thomas M. Tharp 110

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Sinkhole Definition and Identifying Features / E. D. Zisman 124

Sinkhole Size / E. D. Zisman 131

Karst and Sinkholes in Evaporites

Evaporite Karst in Michigan / Tyrone J. Black 141

Subsidence Hazards due to Evaporite Dissolution in the Huerva Valley (NE Spain) / Jesus Guerrero, Francisco Gutierrez, Pedro Lucha 150

Subsidence Hazards due to Evaporite Dissolution in the Cinca River Valley (NE Spain) / Pedro Lucha, Francisco Gutierrez, Jesus Guerrero 162

Sinkhole Development on the Permian Strata East of Leeds, United Kingdom / Phillip James Murphy 175

Formation of Sinkholes Along the Shore of the Dead Sea

Preliminary Investigation / Y. Yechieli, M. Abelson, D. Wachs, V. Shtivelman, O. Crouvi, G. Baer 184

Karst Hydrology and Dye Tracing

Transfer of Bacteria-Contaminated Particles in a Karst Aquifer: Evolution of Contaminated Materials from a Sinkhole to a Spring / Ludivine Dussart-Baptista, Nicolas Massei, Jean-Paul Dupont, Thierry Jouenne 195

Fortran Processing of Fluorometric Data Logged by a Turner Designs Field Fluorometer / Malcolm S. Field 205

Quarrying Impacts on Groundwater Flow Paths / Jeffrey A. Green, Jeremy A. Pavlish, Jeanette H. Leete, E. Calvin Alexander, Jr. 216

Cement Kiln Dust Landfills in Karst Limestone: Delineation of Groundwater Flow Conduits, and Sinkhole Risk / Jim L. Lolcama 223

Dual-Flow Phenomena and Longitudinal Dispersivity Interpretation in a Karstic Aquifer / Nicolas Massei, Hua Qing Wang, Malcolm S. Field, Jean-Paul Dupont, Joel Rodet 232

Water Quality and Biological Monitoring in Bobcat and Matthews Caves, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: 1990-2002 / Stuart W. McGregor, Patrick E. O'Neil, Karen F. Burnett, Randall Blackwood 241

Performance and Evaluation of Pumping Tests in Karstic Carbonate and Evaporite Aquifers / Bashir A. Memon, Gheorghe M. Ponta 250

Electrical Conductivity Profiling of Boreholes as a Means of Identifying Karst Aquifers / C. Christopher Smart, Stephen R. H. Worthington 265

Seasonality Effects on Karst Aquifers, Flint Hills Region, Central Kansas / M. A. Townsend, P. A. Macfarlane 277

Empirical Determination of Tracer Mass for Sink to Spring Tests in Karst / Stephen R. H. Worthington, C. Christopher Smart 287

Geoenvironmental Engineering in Karst

Multidisciplinary Investigation of Potential Karst Conditions / Pete Burton, Laura Moore, William T. Shefchik 299

Escherichia Coli Monitoring in the Spring Mill Lake Watershed in South-Central Indiana / Nancy R. Hasenmueller, John B. Comer, Dianna D. Zamani 309

A Study of Water Quality and Liver Cancer Mortality Rate in a Karst Terrain of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China / Tang Jie, Xia Zhen, Lin Nianfeng, George Yu, Ma Cheng Hua 321

Effective Practices for Initiating High-Frequency, Storm-Induced Sampling of Two Karst Springs / Richard A. Lounsbury, Arthur J. Pettit, Wanfang Zhou, Barry F. Beck 328

Biota as Water Quality Indicators in Springs at Fort Campbell, Kentucky / James E. Rice, Ed Hartowicz 339

Investigation and Remediation of Karst Features at Foundry Landfill Site / James M. Tinjum, Bernard J. Krantz, William L. Ditto, Joseph L. Aldern 349

The Central Kentucky Karst

Can the Transpark Contaminate Mammoth Cave? / Roger W. Brucker 361

Seasonal Variations of the Sensitivity of Groundwater in the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky, USA / A. Stephen Capps 375

Karst Hydrogeologic Investigation for Proposed Kentucky Trimodal Transpark / Nicholas C. Crawford 385

Dishman Lane Collapse, Bowling Green, Kentucky / Patricia Kambesis, Nick Crawford, Leigh Ann Croft, Rolland Moore, Rhonda Pfaff 404

Environmental Investigation of a Diesel Spill in a Karst Area of Kentucky / J. Brad Stephenson, Ronald D. Kaufmann, Jerry A. Archer, Charles Bertz, Phil Bradley 415

Computer Applications: Geographic Information System (GIS), Databases, etc.

Geographic Information System (GIS) Support for Karst Hydrology / C. Warren Campbell, Matthew Lumsdon-West, Sean Davies 429

A Mathematical Model for a Map of Relative Sinkhole Risk in Fillmore County, Minnesota / Yongli Gao, Emmit Calvin Alexander, Jr. 439

Derivative Mapping of Karst Surface Features / William E. Kochanov, Stuart O. Reese 450

Seismic Stability Analysis of Shallow Caves / Timothy C. Siegel, James J. Belgeri, Daniel W. McCrackin, P. Ethan Cargill 457

Geographic Information System (GIS) Applications in Managing Karst Groundwater and Biological Resources / George Veni 466

Governmental Regulations/Programs Related to Karst

Intrinsic Vulnerability Mapping for the Protection of Carbonate (Karstic) Aquifers: A Pan-Evnopean European Approach / David Drew, Donal Daly 477

A Nuclear Power Plant on Karst Terrane? / Joseph A. Fischer, James G. McWhorter 485

Local Land Use Regulation of Karst in the United States / Jesse J. Richardson, Jr. 492

The Main Results of Engineering Karstology Research Conducted in Dzerzhinsk, Russia (1952-2002) / Vladimir Tolmachev, Alexander Ilyin, Boris Gantov, Mikhail Leonenko, Victor Khomenko, Igor Savarensky 502

Geophysical Applications to Investigating Karst

Characterization of Karst Terrane via Spectral-Analysis-of-Surface Waves (SASW) Seismic Wave Method / Helen D. Harrison, Dennis R. Hiltunen 519

Geophysical Choices for Karst Investigations / Rick A. Hoover 529

Seismic Imaging to Determine Extent of Sinkholes: RockVision3D Case Studies / Edwin J. Kase, Timothy A. Ross, Peter H. Li, Robert W. Henthorne 539

Engineering Transportation Infrastructure in Karst

Engineering-Geological and Geomechanical Analysis for the Fracture Origin of Sinkholes in the Realm of a High Velocity Railway Line / Herward Molek 551

Development of Highway Construction Guidelines for Karst Areas of Southwestern China / Harry Moore, WenBin He, Baoshan Huang, Eric Drumm 559

Sinkhole Remediation Measures for a Highway in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania / William K. Petersen, John R. Meyers, Rex R. Mackey 569

Grouting Roadway Sinkholes / Benton H. Watson, Tom Devilbiss, Joseph A. Fischer, Joseph J. Fischer 580

Sinkhole Risk Assessment Along Highway I-70 near Frederick, Maryland / Wanfang Zhou, Barry F. Beck, Angela L. Adams 591

Prevention and Remediation of Sinkholes and Karstic Settlement

Remediation of a Sinkhole Induced by Quarrying / Thomas J. Abkemeier, Richard W. Stephenson 605

Sealing of Massive Water Inflows Through Karst by Grouting: Principles and Practice / Donald A. Bruce 615

A Creative Solution to Problems with Foundation Construction in Karst / Don W. Dotson, Fred S. Tarquinio 627

Combined Use of Grouting and Soil Stabilization in Sinkhole Remediation / Ramanuja Chari Kannan 635

An Overview of Recent Sinkhole Problems in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania / Michael Perlow, Jr. 644

Perceived Risk Versus Cost in Karst Remediation: A Case History / J. Samuel Vance 652

Karst in the Huntsville, Alabama, Area

Chapman Mountain Dye Trace Investigations, City of Huntsville, Alabama / Robert M. Baker, C.

Warren Campbell 661

Characterizing Potential Environmental Impacts to an Endangered Species Habitat in Karst Waters / Karen F. Burnett, Stuart W. McGregor, Patrick E. O'Neil, Randall Blackwood 671

A Speleogenetic Model for the Cumberland Plateau of Northeastern Alabama / Chris Smart, C. Warren Campbell 683

A Review of the Mountain Slope Development Regulations for the City of Huntsville, Alabama / B. J. St John, William T. Kennard, Keith J. Mandel 692

Field Trip Guide

North Alabama Karst Issues and Problems: Field Trip Guide / C. Warren Campbell 707

Mapping of Karst Bedrock to Define Groundwater Pathways Underlying an Industrial Facility Using the Electrical Resistivity Imaging Method / Alan P. Troup, H. Russell Steele, Robert Hines 717.

Notes:

Errata inserted.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0784406987

OCLC:

52846749