[PDF] Karst In Florida eBook

Author : Sam Upchurch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 2018-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319696351

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This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geologically young terrain, using the state of Florida as an example. Also discussed are sinkhole-development models; sinkhole risk; eogenetic karst features developed in rocks as young as 125,000 years and as old as 65 million years; and karst landscapes of Florida, including regional geology and geomorphology with important examples of karst features, such as springs, sinkholes, caves, and other karst landforms. The eogenetic karst of Florida is largely covered and this book extensively discusses the interactions of karst processes with sand- and clay-rich cover materials.

Author : Robert Brinkmann
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780813044958

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Explains the formation of Florida's sinkholes and discusses Florida's sinkhole policies, mapping, and detection.

Author : William a Szary
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 13,53 MB
Release : 2020-09-17
Category :
ISBN :

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Karst Processes in Florida is a compiled effort to describe the state's Cenozoic history to provide a background framework of sea level fluctuations responsible for creating the environment for karst development. Geologic history is accompanied by discussions on Florida's geomorphology focusing on marine terraces and scarps before transitioning into karstic geomorphology related to sinkhole patterns. Karst hydrology and a discussion of the general hydrologic cycle are included.Karstic features in Florida are presented starting with an introduction to karstic processes before presenting examples of regional features occurring in the Panhandle, North, and South Peninsular Florida regions. The book then presents geological influences on sinkhole development including anthropogenic impacts.Sinkhole risk is presented following modeling results completed by the Florida Geological Survey as part of the state's hazard mitigation plan published in 2018. The plan included mitigation considerations and measures to address sinkhole loss. The book ends with sinkhole investigative protocols and methods used for site investigative characterization.

Author : Robert Brinkmann
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813047773

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Below the live oaks, palm trees, cypress swamps, and springs, water is slowly wearing away the limestone bedrock of Florida. The erosion is often unseen, and over time it can result in shocking cave-ins like the destructive spectacle of the 1981 Winter Park sinkhole. Florida Sinkholes--the first comprehensive book on the subject--is an easy-to-follow guide to understanding how sinkholes form and what to do about Florida's sometimes pockmarked landscape. City planners, construction managers, developers, and homeowners alike will find this book invaluable because of the heavy impact and increasing frequency of sinkhole formation in the state. Amateur geologists will be fascinated by the subtle forces of nature that can make solid rock disappear. Tackling the problem of sinkholes in useful detail, this book packs an abundance of sound scientific fact into frank, readable language. Learn about the captivating workings of karst, a term for the swiss cheese-like formations of soluble rock that underlie the peninsula. Discover current state-of-the-art approaches to mapping sinkholes and subsurface voids. Review such practical concerns as structural damage, repairs, insurance problems, and management of karst lands. Examine case studies of several notable sinkholes and sinkhole events. Even before you've finished reading, you may find yourself itching to get out and visit these intriguing marvels of Florida geology for yourself.

Author : Michael J. Lace
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 38,32 MB
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400750161

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Carbonate rock coasts are found world-wide, from continental shorelines of the Adriatic Sea of Europe to the Yucatan Peninsula of North America, and on tropical islands from Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, to the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, to the Bahama Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Such coasts are well known for their unusual and distinctive karst landforms. Karst processes, particularly those associated with coastal landforms, are proving to be surprisingly unique and complex. This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the processes associated with coastal karst development comparing examples from a broad geographical and geomorphological range of island and continental shoreline/paleoshoreline settings, including a review of pseudokarst processes that can compete with and overprint dynamic coastal karst landscapes. As effective management of hydrologic resources grows more complex, coastal caves and karst represent fundamental components in associated coastal aquifers, which in the rock record can also form significant petroleum reservoirs. Audience By providing a clearer understanding of the geological, biological, archaeological and cultural value of coastal caves and karst resources, this volume offers a critical tool to coastal researchers and geoscientists in related fields and to coastal land managers as it illustrates the diversity of coastal karst landforms, the unique processes which formed them, the diversity of resources they harbor and their relationship to coastal zone preservation strategies and the development of sustainable management approaches.

Author : Barry F. Beck
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 100015078X

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Engineers from around the world recount in this volume their successes and failures in attempting to deal with unique and quixotic landscapes.