Water and mud inrush hazard in underground engineering: genesis, evolution and prevention

Y Xue, F Kong, S Li, D Qiu, M Su, Z Li, B Zhou - … and Underground Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water and mud inrush is one of the most important geohazards in underground engineering.
The paper presents a state-of-the-art review of the current understanding of this type of …

Review of groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling approaches for the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer, UK; insights from analogous successions …

G Medici, LJ West - Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and …, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
Sandstones are characterized by different hydraulic behaviours and need to be modelled in
various ways to represent groundwater flow and contaminant transport. This review shows …

Carbonates in the critical zone

MD Covington, JB Martin, LE Toran… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Earth's Critical Zone (CZ), the near‐surface layer where rock is weathered and
landscapes co‐evolve with life, is profoundly influenced by the type of underlying bedrock …

Permeability of rock discontinuities and faults in the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group (UK): insights for management of fluvio-aeolian aquifers worldwide

G Medici, LJ West, NP Mountney… - Hydrogeology …, 2019 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Fluvio-aeolian sedimentary successions host groundwater aquifers at shallow depths (<~
0.15 km), which overlie geothermal and shale-gas reservoirs, and nuclear waste …

Investigation of a new reverse drainage construction and the pressure-reducing effect of a tunnel in a water-rich karst location

Z Teng, Y Liu, Y Zhou, Y Li, S Mei, Q Chen… - … and Underground Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is quite simple to create cracking, leaking, and other disasters in the tunnel during
operation because water-rich karst tunnels are subject to the action of the high head. If the …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of karstification in chalk and limestone aquifers connected with stream systems and possible relation with the fish ecological quality ratio in Denmark

B Nilsson, F Li, H Chen, E Sebok, HJ Henriksen - Hydrogeology Journal, 2023 - Springer
Although chalk aquifers are not too often associated with conduit flow, they are highly
productive groundwater systems and, like limestone aquifers, they can be vulnerable to …

Rapid evolution of salt glacier caves on a mountain diapir in a semiarid climate

J Bruthans, M Filippi, M Slavík, P Závada, M Zare - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
Salt caves occur mostly in hyperarid and arid climates and are typically a few thousand
years old. There is little data on the evolution of salt caves in semiarid climates, and no data …

Experimental study on karst development characteristics of calcrete and analysis of its dissolution mechanism

K Zhang, K Zhu, Y He, Y Zhang - Carbonates and Evaporites, 2022 - Springer
Karst is widely distributed throughout the world and has a significant impact on the
ecological environment and engineering construction. In this study, a 3D geological model …

Origin of Fracture-Controlled Conduits in Calcite-Rich Highly Productive Aquifers Impregnated with Diagenetic Silica

J Starý, J Bruthans, J Schweigstillová, J Mareš… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The origin of highly permeable flow paths in carbonate-siliciclastic rocks, such as large-
aperture fractures in aquifers in the Eastern Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (EBCB), is poorly …

[HTML][HTML] In situ estimation of effective rock elastic moduli by seismic ambient vibrations

J Müller, J Burjánek - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we performed a non-invasive ambient noise investigation of unsaturated rock
structures in the Bohemian Paradise (Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic). Our …