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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2031-2016
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2031-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Causes and consequences of the sinkhole at El Trébol of Quito, Ecuador – implications for economic damage and risk assessment
Theofilos Toulkeridis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centro Geoespacial, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE,
Sangolquí, Ecuador
Fabián Rodríguez
Centro Geoespacial, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE,
Sangolquí, Ecuador
Nelson Arias Jiménez
Empresa Metropolitana de Alcantarillado y Agua Potable de Quito,
Quito, Ecuador
Débora Simón Baile
Centro Geoespacial, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE,
Sangolquí, Ecuador
Rodolfo Salazar Martínez
Centro Geoespacial, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE,
Sangolquí, Ecuador
Aaron Addison
Washington University St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Dora Carreón Freyre
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Campus Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Fernando Mato
Centro Geoespacial, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE,
Sangolquí, Ecuador
Carmen Díaz Perez
Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador
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- Geophysical surveys integrated with rainfall data analysis for the study of soil piping phenomena occurred in a densely urbanized area in eastern Sicily G. Patti et al.
- The Influence of Clay Content on Cave-ins in Tank Model Tests and Monitoring Indicators of Sinkhole Formation S. Jeong et al.
- Dynamic Response Characteristics of the Electric Domain Structure of Ferroelectric Materials to the Surrounding Rock Structure of a Heavy‐Duty Railway with a Small‐Clearance Crossing Tunnel X. Hao et al.
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Short summary
Any sinkhole occurring in a highly active city provokes chaos and disturbance. In the city of Quito a big sinkhole appeared in a critical road interchange called El Trébol. For a few months the city came close to collapse with its traffic in this zone and a state of emergency was declared. During the recovery and reconstruction of the site, the cause was able to be determined as the combined negligence of monitoring of older subterranean infrastructure as well as high precipitation.
Any sinkhole occurring in a highly active city provokes chaos and disturbance. In the city of...
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