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The sinkhole is approximately 8 metres (26 ft) by 10 metres (33 ft) in size. The pre-excavation soil surface in the sinkhole was about 7 feet (2.1 m) below the ground surrounding the sinkhole. Cores indicate that the fossil layer in the sinkhole is at least 4 metres (13 ft) deep, extending well below the water table. [4] [5]
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Sinkholes can be classified on the basis of the processes by which they are formed: dissolution, cover-subsidence, and cover-collapse. Formation of sinkholes can be accelerated by intense withdrawals of groundwater over short periods of time, such as those caused by pumping for frost-protection of winter crops in west-central Florida.
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The central Florida region is ground zero for sinkholes, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The state Office of Insurance Regulation said sinkhole claims in Florida ...
In Florida and Tennessee -- the most active states for sinkholes -- insurers are required to offer sinkhole coverage with home policies, reports the Christian Science Monitor. But although ...
The Page–Ladson archaeological and paleontological site is a deep sinkhole in the bed of the karstic Aucilla River (between Jefferson and Taylor counties in the Big Bend region of Florida) that has stratified deposits of late Pleistocene and early Holocene animal bones and human artifacts.
Kingsley Lake – a lake is thought to have formed as a sinkhole about 10 km (6 mi) east of Starke, Florida Lake Eola Park – Lake Eola is a sinkhole located in downtown Orlando, Florida Lake Peigneur – was originally a shallow freshwater body in Louisiana , until a man-made disaster on November 20, 1980 changed its structure, affecting the ...