Enhancing understanding of breakdown and collapse in the Yorkshire Dales using ground penetrating radar on cave sediments

P. Murphy; A. R. Westerman; R. Clark; A. Booth; A. Parr

doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.11.015

Enhancing understanding of breakdown and collapse in the Yorkshire Dales using ground penetrating radar on cave sediments

P. Murphy, A. R. Westerman, R. Clark, A. Booth, A. Parr

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Abstract

Historical evidence shows block breakdown and collapse are actively occurring in large fault aligned caverns in the Yorkshire Dales karst. Deployment of ground penetrating radar at two such sites has provided detailed images of the sedimentary sequences below the present day cavern floor but no large blocks are imaged within the sediments. Solutional processes must be removing limestone from the sediment to allow continued cavern growth. Possible mechanisms to account for the lack of large blocks within the sediment fill are discussed. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	160-168
Number of pages	9
Journal	Engineering Geology
Volume	99
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.11.015
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2008

Keywords

Cavern
Collapse
Ground penetrating radar
Karst
Sediments

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