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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-71-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-71-2020
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22 Apr 2020
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Sinkhole collapse propagation studies through instrumented small-scale physical models

Maria Ferentinou

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In this paper we use small instrumented physical models to replicate sinkhole propagation, in order to study the failure mechanism, and inform relative mitigation measures.