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Big Karst Chambers

Examples, Genesis, Stability

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  • © 2021

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Authors:
  1. Eric Gilli

    1. Department of Geography, Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France

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  • Describes and documents 32 large Karst Chambers from France and around the world
  • Includes the largest Chamber in the world, the Sarawak Chamber of Borneo
  • Describes the processes involved in creating these large volume chambers

Part of the book series: Advances in Karst Science (AKS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Presentation

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 1-8

  3. Monographs

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 9-156

  4. Comparative Analysis and Synthesis

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 157-174

  5. Application to the Digging of Artificial Chambers

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 175-181

  6. Study of Sarawak Chamber

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 183-195

  7. The Future of Underground Plants

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 197-201
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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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  • Department of Geography, Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France

    Eric Gilli

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