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1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON SINKHOLES AND THE ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF KARSTS LOUISVILLE / KENTUCKY / 1-4 APRIL 2001 GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF KARST GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY Edited by BARRY F.BECK & J.GAYLE HERRING P.E.LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee Sponsored jointly by national ground.wafcer P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc. P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc., The Geolnstitute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and The Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers of the National Ground Water Association BALKEMA PUBLISHERS LiSSE / ABINGDON / EXTON (PA) / TOKYO

2 Geotechnical and Environmental Applications of Karst Geology and Hydrology, Beck & Herring (eds) 2001 Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, ISBN Table of contents I Keynote Address Tunnelling and mining in karstic terrane; an engineering challenge 3 Paul G.Marinos II Sinkhole Formation Geological and geotechnical context of cover collapse and subsidence in mid-continent 19 U.S. clay-mantled karst T.Cooley A comparison of human-induced sinkholes between China and the United States 25 Y.Gao, & E.CAlexander, Jr. & M.Lei Karstic and pseudokarstic sinkholes in Hawaii 31 W.R.Halliday Sinkhole distribution of the Valley and Ridge Province, Virginia 33 D.A.Hubbard, Jr. Topographic, geologic, and hydrogeologic controls on dimensions and locations of 37 sinkholes in thick covered karst, Lowndes County, Georgia J.A.Hyatt, R.Wilson, J.S.Givens & P.M.Jacobs Subsidence rates of alluvial dolines in the central Ebro Basin, northeastern Spain 47 M.A.Soriano & J.LSimon Cover-collapse sinkhole formation and piezometric surface drawdown 53 T.M. Thorp III Regional Studies of Sinkholes and Karst Characterization and classification of Alfisols developed in the karstic land of 61 northwestern Turkey Cumhur Aydinalp Developing a GIS for the Jamaican Cockpit Country 67 M.S.Chenoweth & M.J.Day

3 The purposes of the main sinkhole project in the Latium Region of central Italy 73 A.Colombi, E.Di Loreto, F.Nolasco, G.Capelli & R.Salvati Karst development in the southern English chalk 77 A.R.Farrant Application of GIS technology to study karst features of southeastern Minnesota 83 Y.Gao, E.C.Alexander, Jr. & R.Tipping Karst unit mapping using geographic information system technology, Mower County, 89 Minnesota, USA JA.Green, W.J.Marken, E.C.Alexander, Jr., & S.CAlexander Wisconsin interagency karst feature reporting form 95 R.Pearson IV Evaluating the Risk of and Remediating the Damage from Sinkhole Collapse Characterization of a highway sinkhole within the gypsum karst of Michigan 103 R.C.Benson & R.D.Kaufmann Evaluation of the risk of the formation of karst-related surface instability features in 113 dolomite strata occurring in the Lebowakgomo area, Republic of South Africa F.Calitz Natural and induced halite karst geohazards in Great Britain 119 A. H.Cooper The development of a national Geographic Information System (GIS) for British karst 125 geohazards and risk assessment A.H.Cooper, A.R.Farrant, KA.MAdlam & J.C.Walsby Karstification below dam sites: a model of increasing leakage from reservoirs 131 W.Dreybrodt, D.Romanov & F.Gabrovsek Remediation in karst - art, science, witchcraft, and economics 139 J.A.Fischer, J.J.Fischer, & R.S.Ottoson New advances of karst collapse reseach in China 145 M.Lei, X.Jiang & Liyu A karst case history revisited 153 R.S.Ottoson, J.J.Fischer, & J.A.Fischer Catastrophic subsidence risk assessment: a conceptual matrix for sinkhole genesis 159 R.Salvati & G.Capelli & A.Colombi Conceptual model for geotechnical evaluation of sinkhole risk in the Latium region 163 KSalvati, T.M.Tharp & G.Capelli VI

4 Geotechnical characterization and modeling of a shallow karst bedrock site 169 T.C.Siegel & D.W.McCrackin Geosynthetic reinforcement above sinkholes to protect landfill liners 173 T.C.Siegel, P.E.Cargill & D.W.McCrackin Pin piles in karst topography 177 F.S.Tarquinio & S.LPearlman The reflection of karst in normative building documents of Russia 183 V.V.Tolmachev & M.V.Leonenko Application of a standard method of sinkhole detection in the Tampa, Florida, area 187 E.D.Zisman V Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Movement in Karst Development of a coupled surface-groundwater-pipe network model for the sustainable 195 management of karstic groundwater RAdams & G.Parkin Groundwater dye tracing: an effective tool to use during the highway development 201 process to avoid or minimize impacts to karst groundwater resources D.Bednar Jr. & TAley Changes in ground-water quality in a conduit-flow-dominated karst aquifer following 209 BMP implementation J.C.Currens Occurrence of coliform bacteria in a karst aquifer, Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA 217 M.D.Kozar & M.V.Mathes Structural and karst impacts on groundwater flow and contaminant transport 223 E.G.Miller & J.LLufkin Mapping karst ground-water basins in the Inner Bluegrass as a nonpoint-source pollution 229 management tool R.LPaylor & J.C.Currens Spatial interpretation of karst drainage basins 235 JA.Ray Geochemical methods for distinguishing surface water from groundwater in the Knox 245 aquifer system J.C.Redwine & J.R.Howell Legal impediments to utilizing groundwater as a municipal water supply source in karst 253 terrain in the United States J.J.Richardson, Jr. VII

5 Quality of groundwater in shallow and deep karst and other associated aquifer zones in 259 central India Y.Singh & D.P.Dubey An evaluation of the performance of activated charcoal in detection of fluorescent 265 compounds in the environment C.Smart & B.Simpson Statistical characterization of natural background fluorescence as an aid to dye tracer 271 test design C.C.Smart & K.C.Karunaratne Effectiveness of geologic barriers for preventing karst water from flowing into coal 277 mines in north China W.Zhou & G.Li VI Treatment of Environmental Problems in Karst Operation and maintenance of vadose zone and groundwater remediation systems in a 287 karst aquifer R.N.Berry,.R.Long & T.M.Baer Karst feature control on the mobility of petroleum residues in groundwater: 293 a hydrocarbon reservoir analogue T.D.Gillespie Characterization and grouting beneath an impending landfill cap 297 M.R.Mirabito, D.Dermatas & M.Jancin Karst void mitigation for water quality and quantity protection in Austin, Texas 307 S.R.Pope Enhanced recovery of petroleum hydrocarbon soil vapors and contaminant smear in 313 karst D.J.Schaezler, T.M.Baer, P.LSchumann & R.N.Berry Design and construction of water remediation systems used to manage karst water 319 contamination D.J.Schaezler, T.M.Baer & R.N.Berry Landfill gas transport in karst 325 J.Smith In situ chemical oxidation process and karst aquifers 329 P.R.Stone, B.Hoke, PLandry & K.J.Cowan Test methods for developing a conceptual model for a PCB-contaminated carbonate 333 aquifer S.R.H.Worthington & D.C.Ford VIII

6 VII Using Geophysics in Karst Investigations A geoelectric investigation of the freshwater aquifer near the well fields of north Andros 341 Island, Bahamas A.LAdams Using thermography to assist the groundwater monitoring program at Marshall Space 347 Flight Center C. W.Campbell & A.Keith Application of thermography to groundwater monitoring at Arnold Air Force Base, 353 Tennessee C.W.Campbell & M.Singer An application of cone penetration tests and combined array 2D electrical resistivity 359 tomography to delineate cover-collapse sinkhole prone areas O.Kaufmann & Y.Quinif The effect of groundwater pollution on the natural-electric potential in karst 365 K.T.Kilty & A.LLange Integrated high-resolution geophysical investigations as potential tools for water 377 resource investigations in karst terrain RJ.McGrath, P.Styles, E.Thomas & S.Neale Application of bistatic low frequency GPR for mapping karst features and bedrock 383 topography M.S.Roark & D.W.Lambert The use of microgravity for the characterisation of karstic cavities on Grand Bahama, 389 Bahamas P.Styles & E.Thomas VIII Field Trip Guide Field Trip Guide, Part 1: Environmental problems associated with urban development 397 upon karst, Bowling Green, Kentucky N. C. Crawford Field Trip Guide, Part 2: The Mammoth Cave karst aquifer 425 J.Meiman & C.Groves Author index 437 IX

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