Big Karst Chambers: Examples, Genesis, Stability
by Gilli, Eric
This book documents and describes 32 natural caves from France and around the globe that have a width larger than 50 m, including data on the largest underground chamber in the world: Sarawak Chamber. Artificial caves are not able to be constructed at these volumes and most of these naturally forming chambers had never been surveyed before with little geological data available. Methodologies for studying these large volume Karst chambers are described and for each site, a survey, a geomorpholog…
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- Full title :Big Karst Chambers : Examples, Genesis, Stability / Eric Gilli [aut]
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This book documents and describes 32 natural caves from France and around the globe that have a width larger than 50 m, including data on the largest underground chamber in the world: Sarawak Chamber. Artificial caves are not able to be constructed at these volumes and most of these naturally forming chambers had never been surveyed before with little geological data available. Methodologies for studying these large volume Karst chambers are described and for each site, a survey, a geomorphological sketch, a description and photographic images are provided. The process of the mechanical transportation by underground running water, of an insoluble but erodible rock located below thick limestone roofs via digging, scouring and racking are explained through these example to clarify the genesis of the largest volumes in the world. The purpose of this study was to estimate whether these natural contexts could be transposed to the digging of artificial caverns to accommodate underground nuclear power plants. Indeed, the comparison of the effects of the Lucens nuclear accident with those of Chernobyl and Fukushima shows the whole interest of an underground solution. These examples of natural chambers indisputably show that this is possible.
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- Publication Date:2021
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- Publisher(s):Springer International Publishing
- Place of Publication:Cham
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:9783030587321, 3030587320, 9783030587338, 3030587339, 9783030587345, 3030587347, 9783030587314, 3030587312
- DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-58732-1
- oclc:on1346768258
Table of Contents
Presentation -- Monographs -- Comparative Analysis and Synthesis -- Application to the Digging of Artificial Chambers -- Study of Sarawak Chamber -- The future of Underground Plants.
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