A sinkhole formed adjacent to the northbound carriageway of the A38 at Caton, Devon, in 2014 and a BGS responsive team went to study it in June 2016.
Deneholes are medieval chalk extraction pits comprising a narrow shaft with a number of chambers radiating from the base. Their historical distribution is not well known and they can cause subsidence and collapses.
The presence of unstable ground can have a profound effect on the planning and development of an area such as Ripon in Yorkshire.
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The BGS data exploration licences allow users to evaluate BGS data at no cost and use it in the development stages of a commercial innovation.
Heat recovery and storage in the urban subsurface could offer part of the solution to decarbonise energy supplies.
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