The 2005 Tiankeng Investigation Project in China

Author

Tony Waltham, Nottingham Trent UniversityFollow

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Publication Date

2006

Publication Title

Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers

Volume Number

4

Issue Number

1

Abstract

A summary report of the Tiankeng Investigation Project, hosted by Prof. Zhu Xuewen in China in 2005. This included an extremely successful field tour to tiankengs (giant collapse dolines) in the karst of Chongqing and Guangxi, and an indoor meeting in the Karst Research Institute in Guilin when the definition of a tiankeng was formalised.

Keywords

Tiankeng, Karst, Doline

Geographic Subject

China

Document Type

Article

Language

English

Identifier

K26-04224

Recommended Citation

Waltham, Tony, "The 2005 Tiankeng Investigation Project in China" (2006). KIP Articles. 4800.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/4800