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Figure 125
Quiaus landslide (Gorbio, Alpes Maritimes). Map view and cross-section.
3 COLLAPSES AND SUBSIDENCE
3.1 Characteristics and causes
These natural events are vertical movement of the soil, induced by the
existence of cavities at depth. They are exclusively a result of groundwater
circulation, which hollows out the ground by dissolving soluble rocks or by
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