>From the story it was a water injection well into the salt dome for the purpose of making and extracting brine. The void left by the removed salt is what is collapsing.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:04 PM, caverarch <cavera...@aol.com> wrote: > Salt dome: That's what I assumed it must be since it's Louisiana. Probably > initiated by oil extraction and poorly sealed abandoned wells. Water could > then be dissolving the salt and creating unsupported voids. > > Roger Moore > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com> > To: Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com>; texas cavers < > texascavers@texascavers.com> > Sent: Thu, Aug 22, 2013 2:29 pm > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Holy crap! Sinkhole swallowing trees in > Louisiana! > > Saw this on ABC news this morning. Apparently they've been watching this > for several years. They said it's collapsing salt dome. > > Louise > > ------------------------------ > From: stefan.crea...@arm.com > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:58:23 -0700 > Subject: [Texascavers] Holy crap! Sinkhole swallowing trees in Louisiana! > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23793499 > > > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the > information in any medium. Thank you. > > ARM Limited, Registered office 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NJ, > Registered in England & Wales, Company No: 2557590 > ARM Holdings plc, Registered office 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NJ, > Registered in England & Wales, Company No: 2548782 >
