{"id":71,"date":"2015-02-03T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T23:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2015-02-25T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T16:31:31","slug":"karst-sinkholes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/erosion-piping\/karst-sinkholes\/","title":{"rendered":"Karst Sinkholes"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Karst sinkholes can be extremely damaging to structures. They are common in Florida where dissolution cavities form in the limestone bedrock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_833\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Schematic-sinkhole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-833\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-833\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Schematic-sinkhole-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"A schematic of a sinkhole forming over a limestone cavity.\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Schematic-sinkhole-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Schematic-sinkhole-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Schematic-sinkhole-213x150.jpg 213w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Schematic-sinkhole-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Schematic-sinkhole.jpg 1374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A schematic of a sinkhole forming over a limestone cavity.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_832\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Massive-sinkhole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-832\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-832\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Massive-sinkhole-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"This massive sinkhole formed on top of a gypsum stack in Florida, and contributed to contamination of the aquifer below. Grouting work by Hayward Baker to seal the aquifer from the gypsum stack was recognized with a national award.\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Massive-sinkhole-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Massive-sinkhole-1024x975.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Massive-sinkhole-158x150.jpg 158w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Massive-sinkhole-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Massive-sinkhole.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This massive sinkhole formed on top of a gypsum stack in Florida, and contributed to contamination of the aquifer below. Grouting work by Hayward Baker to seal the aquifer from the gypsum stack was recognized with a national award.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karst sinkholes can be extremely damaging to structures. They are common in Florida where dissolution cavities form in the limestone bedrock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-twocolumns-left.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/831"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}