Ground penetrating radar has also been employed in Brazil to characterize sinkholes ... limitations were noted due to the high clay content of the soil, which restricted deeper investigations ...

"Sinkholes can also form as a result of both dissolution and subsequent collapse. Where a thin covering of loose, superficial material (such as sand, clay or soil) covers the soluble rocks beneath ...

“It is really satisfying to see the pond back in action after work to fix the sinkhole took place earlier in the year. We ended up using over 18.5 tonnes of clay to reinforce the side of the pond ...

On Wednesday, the council pulled up a section of road around an earlier sinkhole that had opened on ... a process that gradually weakens the soil structure due to underground seepage flow ...

This field focuses on understanding how different soil properties and conditions ... into the failure mechanisms of sinkholes in non-homogeneous clay and developed a design equation for predicting ...

The town was eventually abandoned in 1984 by order of the Environmental Protection Agency, which detected dangerous levels of contaminants in soil and groundwater ... t until 1981 when a resident fell ...

Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more ...

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls ...

The driver, a 74-year-old man, is believed to be trapped inside the truck's cabin. He was conscious and communicating with rescue workers earlier but has not responded since Tuesday afternoon, ...

A sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in Japan on Tuesday and, unfortunately, a truck and its 74-year-old driver were swallowed during the dramatic incident. He is still trapped down ...

TOKYO (AP) — A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole ...