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Examples of anthropogenic sinkholes in Sicily and comparison with similar phenomena in southern Italy

Mario PariseMarco VattanoM. BonaminiGiuliana MadoniaDi MaggioPiernicola Lollino

subject

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categorySinkholeSettore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica E GeomorfologiaMarsalaArchaeologyCalcareniteunerground quarry MarsalaSinkhole Marsala underground quarrySinkholeExtraction (military)Underground quarrySettore GEO/05 - Geologia ApplicataGeologySeismology

description

A sinkhole, occurred in June 2011 and related to an underground quarry in the eastern sector of Marsala, is described in this paper as a case study (Figure 2). The site was selected for the availability of topographic data of the underground quarry, prior to the formation of the Abstract Anthropogenic sinkholes affect several built-up areas of Sicily (southern Italy) representing a great risk to people, buildings, and infrastructures. These phenomena are generally associated with the presence of ancient underground quarries for the extraction of calcarenite rock, used for building or ornamental materials. These quarries were poorly constructed and abandoned throughout history.

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2013-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/72385