Dams and Reservoirs in Evaporites

• Main Authors: Milanović, Petar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Maksimovich, Nikolay (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Meshcheriakova, Olga (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Karst Science,
• Subjects: Geology.; Engineering geology.; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Hydrology.; Sustainable development.; Geomorphology.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Sustainable Development.

This book shares essential insights on evaporites and their effects on dams and reservoirs. The intensity of the solution and suffusion process in evaporites (gypsum and salt) is much greater than the solution of carbonates, and evaporites are particularly vulnerable at dam and reservoir sites. More...