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Are We Seeing
a large increase of sinkholes because we keep building on more and more land and the rain water is unable to drain away naturally
ps i know this is in america but we are seeing more and more in this country
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ps i know this is in america but we are seeing more and more in this country
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Wiki says: Sinkholes also form from human activity, such as the rare but still occasional collapse of abandoned mines and salt cavern storage in salt domes in places like Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. More commonly, sinkholes occur in urban areas due to water main breaks or sewer collapses when old pipes give way. They can also occur from the...
12:22 Fri 14th Feb 2014
Wiki says:
Sinkholes also form from human activity, such as the rare but still occasional collapse of abandoned mines and salt cavern storage in salt domes in places like Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. More commonly, sinkholes occur in urban areas due to water main breaks or sewer collapses when old pipes give way. They can also occur from the overpumping and extraction of groundwater and subsurface fluids.
Sinkholes can also form when natural water-drainage patterns are changed and new water-diversion systems are developed. Some sinkholes form when the land surface is changed, such as when industrial and runoff-storage ponds are created; the substantial weight of the new material can trigger an underground collapse of supporting material, thus causing a sinkhole.
So, yes, possibly.
Sinkholes also form from human activity, such as the rare but still occasional collapse of abandoned mines and salt cavern storage in salt domes in places like Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. More commonly, sinkholes occur in urban areas due to water main breaks or sewer collapses when old pipes give way. They can also occur from the overpumping and extraction of groundwater and subsurface fluids.
Sinkholes can also form when natural water-drainage patterns are changed and new water-diversion systems are developed. Some sinkholes form when the land surface is changed, such as when industrial and runoff-storage ponds are created; the substantial weight of the new material can trigger an underground collapse of supporting material, thus causing a sinkhole.
So, yes, possibly.
We've always had the phenomenon. They are mentioned in the Bible. It's what is meant by the Earth swallowing someone up and taking them to the abyss.
Where the bedrock is limestone or chalk, draining water forms underground caves. A vertical cave is called an abyss. When an abyss breaks through the surface you get what we in England used to call a pothole (we've started using that for dents in the road) and Americans call a sinkhole.
You tend to get more of them in very wet weather which we have been getting in both the UK and USA. Preventing rainwater from draining away might cause all sorts of problems, but (if anything) it's likely to make sinkholes less likely.
Where the bedrock is limestone or chalk, draining water forms underground caves. A vertical cave is called an abyss. When an abyss breaks through the surface you get what we in England used to call a pothole (we've started using that for dents in the road) and Americans call a sinkhole.
You tend to get more of them in very wet weather which we have been getting in both the UK and USA. Preventing rainwater from draining away might cause all sorts of problems, but (if anything) it's likely to make sinkholes less likely.
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