Sinkhole

A sinkhole, also known as a sink, snake hole, swallow hole, swallet, doline, or cenote, is a natural depression or hole in the Earth's surface caused by karst processes — the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks or suffosion processes for example in sandstone. Sinkholes may vary in size from 1 to 600 meters (3.3 to 2,000 ft) both in diameter and depth, and vary in form from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms. Sinkholes may be formed gradually or suddenly, and are found worldwide. The different terms for sinkholes are often used interchangeably.

Sinkholes may capture surface drainage from running or standing water, but may also form in high and dry places in a certain location.

The mechanisms of formation involve natural processes of erosion or gradual removal of slightly soluble bedrock (such as limestone) by percolating water, the collapse of a cave roof, or a lowering of the water table. Sinkholes often form through the process of suffosion. Thus, for example, groundwater may dissolve the carbonate cement holding the sandstone particles together and then carry away the lax particles, gradually forming a void.

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Well it's sundown in the sinkhole,
It's sunrise up on the hill.
The thieves are sleeping in hades palm,
And they're keeping very still.
It's summer in winterhaven,
And the earth, she's caving in.
There's no water on the land,
And it's all because of sin.
Mae rose owens lost her bedroom
When the porches all fell in.
Guy laguarde kissed his yard goodbye
And it's all because of sin.
No one must be told
About this thieving in the night,
Satan stole the landscape,
It was gone with the morning light.
It's sundown in the sinkhole,
It's sunrise up on the hill.
The thieves are sleeping in hades palm,
And they're keeping very still.
It's summer in winterhaven,
And the earth, she's caving in.
There's no water on the land,
And it's all because of sin.
Seven recreational vehicles buried underground.
Seven cranes went after them,
Six could not be found.
A porsche and half a swimming pool
Are lost I am afeared.
The seventh crane approached the hole,
Then it disappeared.
It's sundown in the sinkhole,
It's sunrise up on the hill.
The thieves are sleeping in hades palm,
And they're keeping very still.
It's summer in winterhaven,
And the earth, she's caving in.
There's no water on the land,
And it's all because of sin.
St. augustine in his slumber,
Feels the depths of his own soul.
St. bernadette in her vision,
Feels her body beyond control.
The flowers of narcissus,
Are nailed to the underworld door,
And hades has the medicine,
And he keeps down on the floor.
It's sundown in the sinkhole,
It's sunrise up on the hill.
The thieves are sleeping in hades palm,
And they're keeping very still.
It's summer in winterhaven,
And the earth, she's caving in.
There's no water on the land,

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Edit Naples Daily News 21 Jun 2016

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Giant Sinkholes Threaten To Swallow Two Tiny West Texas Towns, Oil Production May Have Destroyed Towns

Edit Inquisitr 21 Jun 2016

The very existence of two West Texas towns is being threatened by two giant sinkholes that continue to expand, and other holes that are starting to form, as the ground under their very feet dissolves away ... The intrusion of freshwater to underground can dissolve the interbedded salt layers and accelerate the sinkhole collapse.” ... The #BayouCorne #sinkhole is now 35 acres big....

LRT tunnel work to resume this week after sinkhole flooding

Edit CBC 21 Jun 2016

Excavation of the tunnel at Rideau Station is set to resume this week, after work stopped on June 8 when the tunnel flooded following a watermain break that led to the sinkhole on Rideau Street ... ....

City crews to resume LRT tunnel excavation this week

Edit Canada Dot Com 21 Jun 2016

City crews are expected to resume excavation of the LRT tunnel this week after water is removed from the section underneath the Rideau Street sinkhole ... Kanellakos said that Enbridge completed its repairs in the sinkhole and work has been done on the watermain repairs....

Graduate students honored for geological survey research in Kansas (KU - The University of Kansas)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

Morton's work is being used to detect abandoned limestone mines in south-central Kansas and lead and zinc mines in the recently dismantled southeast Kansas town of Treece, where lead levels run high and underground voids cause sinkholes ... As a graduate research assistant in the KGS Exploration Services section, Fontana has worked with crews gathering seismic data in two regions of the state where catastrophic sinkholes have occurred....

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Edit CounterPunch 21 Jun 2016

Whether Britain votes to remain in or leave the European Union (EU) on June 23, the point has been made and registered around the continent that the British have more faith in the white rabbits of political fairy tales than they do in the sinkhole associated with Brussels and its common economic policies ... . David Beckham’s left foot. ... Another poster reads. “Turkey (population 76 million) is joining the EU.” ... .”) ... ....

Sinkhole work continues in Albany

Edit Times Union 20 Jun 2016

ALBANY — Work continues Monday on a sinkhole on Madison and New Scotland avenues. City crews have worked on the hole, which is more than 20 feet deep and 20 feet wide, since it first appeared in late May. The sinkhole is cordoned off by concrete partitions as crews use a crane and other equipment to restore the intersection. The road is closed through Friday, the water department said ... ....

Researchers: Huge, growing sinkholes could be 'catastrophic' for tiny Texas town

Edit my SA 20 Jun 2016

The small town of Wink, Texas located just outside of Odessa, is home to two big problems. sinkholes ... ....

Preacher: Jesse Makes His Power Known

Edit Seattle Post-Intelligence 20 Jun 2016

Despite the good preacher's newfound positive outlook, Jesse spent a good chunk of "The Serve" lightly manipulating people, no heavenly skills needed ... When one of the brothel's ladies fell into a pollution-created sinkhole--factory farming might be bad y'all--during a exploitive game of paintball, Tulip went on the offensive, asking the women to rise up against their oppressive conditions....

More than $2 million flows to Oregon for recovery projects (FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jun 2016

(Source. FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency). SALEM, Ore ... Current estimate of eligible damage is approximately $40 million ... 'A $425,000 award went to Lake Oswego for replacement of a collapsed storm drain and repair of a 12-foot deep sinkhole, while another went to Columbia River People's Utility District for about $380,000,' said Clint Fella, State Coordinating Officer for the Oregon Office of Emergency Management ... (noodl....

Is this giant chasm in Siberia a portal to the underworld? You decide!

Edit Grist 18 Jun 2016

Ever wondered what the underworld looks like? Well get yourself to Siberia, and quick. According to The Siberian Times, a sinkhole known as the Batagaika crater (or “megaslump”) formed in the Verkhoyansk region of Siberian in the 1960s, after the land was cleared by logging. Without vegetation, the permafrost started to collapse — and it has continued to, for the last 40 years ... It’s a vicious cycle....

City to look into why water shutdown after sinkhole occurred took 2 hours

Edit CBC 18 Jun 2016

An investigation into the cause of the Rideau Street sinkhole will look into why it took city crews two hours to stop water from a failed watermain from pouring into the LRT tunnel, Mayor Jim Watson told CBC News ... ....

City Manager's Weekly Update (City of Belmont, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jun 2016

(Source. City of Belmont, CA) ... Public Works Operations & Maintenance City-Wide Sanitary Sewer Root Foaming Preventative Maintenance Starts Monday, June 20th Hiller Street Sink Hole Repair Report of Sinkhole on Chula Vista Updates on Storm, Sewer, Street and Traffic Traffic Advisories ... Community Calendars Twin Pines Community Center Belmont Library....

Texas sinkholes a mile apart show alarming growth: Collapsing into one sinkhole?

Edit The Examiner 17 Jun 2016

A town in Texas has a very serious problem as two humongous sinkholes, ......

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Giant Sinkholes Threaten To Swallow Two Tiny West Texas Towns, Oil Production May Have Destroyed Towns

LRT tunnel work to resume this week after sinkhole flooding

City crews to resume LRT tunnel excavation this week

Graduate students honored for geological survey research in Kansas (KU - The University of Kansas)

Will Britain Pull the Plug on the EU?

Sinkhole work continues in Albany

Researchers: Huge, growing sinkholes could be 'catastrophic' for tiny Texas town

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More than $2 million flows to Oregon for recovery projects (FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Is this giant chasm in Siberia a portal to the underworld? You decide!

City to look into why water shutdown after sinkhole occurred took 2 hours

City Manager's Weekly Update (City of Belmont, CA)

Texas sinkholes a mile apart show alarming growth: Collapsing into one sinkhole?