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This study investigated the formation mechanism of dolines. Dolines are caused by dissolution of gypsum in the study area, 50–220 m in diameter. Two systems were applied to determine the support necessary for natural underground opening of given span in a given rock mass. From the characteristics of the rock mass, a 5 m-wide unsupported span in the gypsum can be expected to stand up for over 9 years. The designed span of an artificial opening would normally be considerably less than the span of a collapsed natural opening in the same rock. Dolines in the study area play an important role in the groundwater flow system.
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Received: 10 November 1995 · Accepted: 4 January 1996
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Karacan, E., Yılmaz, I. Collapse dolines in miocene gypsum: an example from SW Sivas (Turkey). Environmental Geology 29, 263–266 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050125
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