Science & Environment

Sinkholes... or when the earth slips away

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CQFD
16 September 2013

Aurèle Parriaux

Environnement naturel, architectural et construit, EPFL

A portion of a city engulfed in a bottomless pit. An abyssal chasm, sometimes perfectly cylindrical. It's called a karst collapse or doline.

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