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Sinkhole collapse poses an increasing problem for the engineer and geologist. This is partly because no systematic procedure exists for repairing such collapses. Any successful repair procedure for use in the karst limestones of middle Tennessee should include efforts to identify and control water movement into the collapse site. A geologically based approach to collapse repair that takes advantage of the causal and correlative factors responsible for nearly 100 collapses in the study area and an extensive fluorescein dye-tracing program are described. Corrective procedures deal not only with the collapse itself but with the rerouting, to the extent possible, of runoff and groundwater at the collapse site. A high-permeability, graded rock fill is placed in the collapse, and water movement into the site is minimized.

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Transportation Research Record

63rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Collapse; Control; Groundwater; Permeability; Remote control; Rockfills; Runoff; Sinkholes

Tennessee

Tennessee

Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I42: Soil Mechanics

TRIS, TRB

Jan 31 1986 12:00AM

• CHARACTERISTICS OF SINKHOLE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POTENTIAL CAVITY COLLAPSE
• COMPRESSION OF PEAT UNDER EMBANKMENT LOADING
• CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF PAVEMENT OVER MUSKEGS
• EXPERIENCE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF PEAT DEPOSITS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD, FLORIDA
• MAPPING AND PREDICTION OF LIMESTONE BEDROCK PROBLEMS
• PEDOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF PEAT
• PEDOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF ORGANIC SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION
• ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN PALSA FIELDS
• SETTLEMENT RATES IN THE VARVED CLAYS OF THE HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS
• USE OF SINKHOLES FOR DRAINAGE