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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 1987; v. 20; issue.2; p. 139-150;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1987.020.02.04
© 1987 Geological Society of London

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Natural and artificial cavities as ground engineering hazards

M. G. Culshaw & A. C. Waltham1

Engineering Geology and Reservoir Properties Research Group, British Geological Survey, , Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK
1 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Trent Polytechnic, , Nottingham NG14BU, UK

The occurrences of natural and artificial cavities are reviewed and their causes are assessed. Natural cavities are found principally in carbonate rocks and the processes of sinkhole formation are described. Solution cavities in non-carbonate rocks and cavities in insoluble rocks are also considered. Extraction methods for coal, metalliferous minerals and salts are described in relation to the creation of underground cavities. An outline procedure for locating cavities emphasizes the importance of the desk study in this type of investigation and the difficulty of proving the absence of cavities beneath a site.




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