Overview
- 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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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.
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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Book Title: Big Karst Chambers
Book Subtitle: Examples, Genesis, Stability
Authors: Eric Gilli
Series Title: Advances in Karst Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58732-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58731-4Published: 01 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58734-5Published: 02 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-58732-1Published: 31 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2511-2066
Series E-ISSN: 2511-2082
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 201
Number of Illustrations: 130 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Geology, Earth System Sciences