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Officially, county officials don't know at this point what caused the Tuesday collapse of one of a trio of salt domes at the Waukesha County Highway Operations center along Woodburn Road just east of Grandview Boulevard in Waukesha.
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Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
Sinkholes tend to be common in regions where soluble rocks, including salt domes and limestone, can be dissolved by groundwater, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
—Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
The sustained oil drilling along the salt dome over decades could have contributed to creating the sinkhole, Howe said.
—Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
Daisetta sits on a salt dome, a natural formation created below the ground over millions of years where oil brine and natural gas accumulate.
—Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
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Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
Sinkholes tend to be common in regions where soluble rocks, including salt domes and limestone, can be dissolved by groundwater, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
—Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
The sustained oil drilling along the salt dome over decades could have contributed to creating the sinkhole, Howe said.
—Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
Daisetta sits on a salt dome, a natural formation created below the ground over millions of years where oil brine and natural gas accumulate.
—Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
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“Salt dome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20dome. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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