Sinkhole hazards

F Gutiérrez - Oxford research encyclopedia of natural hazard …, 2016 - oxfordre.com
Sinkholes or dolines are closed depressions characteristic of terrains underlain by soluble
rocks (carbonates and/or evaporites). They may be related to the differential dissolutional …

Distinguishing actual and artefact depressions in digital elevation data

JB Lindsay, IF Creed - Computers & Geosciences, 2006 - Elsevier
Topographic depressions in digital elevation models (DEMs) are frequently a combination of
artefacts and actual features. It is common practice to remove all digital depressions, from …

[HTML][HTML] Actualización del mapa de suelos del Estado de Yucatán México: Enfoque geomorfopedológico y WRB

F Bautista, O Frausto, T Ihl, Y Aguilar - Ecosistemas y recursos …, 2015 - scielo.org.mx
El objetivo del trabajo fue identificar las relaciones entre los ambientes geomorfológicos,
geoformas y suelos del estado de Yucatán. Se elaboró un modelo digital de elevación …

Structural controls on distribution of dolines on Mount Anamas (Taurus Mountains, Turkey)

MZ Öztürk, MF Şener, M Şener, M Şimşek - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
Solution dolines are characteristic landforms on the high plateaus of the Taurus Mountains.
In this study, the effects of tectonic structures, drainage and slope conditions on the …

Assessment of soil erosion in karst regions of Havana, Cuba

JM Febles‐González, MB Vega‐Carreño… - Land Degradation & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Only recently have erosion models begun to be used in research work in Cuba, specifically
the USLE and the thematic cartography of factors in a GIS framework without using a specific …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of a new GIS-based technique and a manual method for determining sinkhole density: An example from Illinois' sinkhole plain

JC Angel, DO Nelson, SV Panno - Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 2004 - caves.org
A new Geographic Information System (GIS) method was developed as an alternative to the
hand-counting of sinkholes on topographic maps for density and distribution studies …

Developing efficient procedures for automated sinkhole extraction from Lidar DEMs

X Miao, X Qiu, SS Wu, J Luo… - … Engineering & Remote …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Sinkhole detection in karst areas is usually difficult through remote sensing image
interpretation. We present an efficient approach to extract mature sinkholes from lidar DEM …

A new GIS-based model for karst dolines mapping using LiDAR; application of a multidepth threshold approach in the Yucatan Karst, Mexico

M Moreno-Gómez, R Liedl, C Stefan - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dolines are important features strongly influencing the outcomes of groundwater
vulnerability maps, subsidence risk and land use studies. Their relationship with subsurface …

Relict drainage effects on distribution and morphometry of karst depressions: A case study from Central Taurus (Turkey)

MF Sener, MZ Ozturk - 2019 - aperta.ulakbim.gov.tr
Karst depressions and relict valleys, formed as a result of the combination of karst and fluvial
processes, are characteristic landforms of the Taurus karst region in Turkey. Development of …

Edaphic indicators for assesment of soil erosion in karst regions, province of Havana, Cuba

JM Febles, A Tolón, MB Vega - Land degradation & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
No sustainability indicator reports have as yet been published reflecting the dynamics of
morphogenetic processes in red ferralitic soils (Ferralsol Rhodic in the World Reference …