For several years, the IfG has been studying the Maceió cavern field in Brazil, where, amongst other things, significant subsidence and a sinkhole have occurred. A detailed analysis of the geomechanical mechanisms and processes has now been published in two articles in the specialist journal Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering:
Minkley, W., Lüdeling, C., Brückner, D., Naumann, D.: Subsidence and Sinkhole Risk Over a Solution Mining Cavern Field in Maceió, Brazil: Analysis of the Geomechanical Processes—Part I. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 1–26 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-025-05149-5
(online abrufbar unter https://rdcu.be/eVNr9)
Minkley, W., Lüdeling, C., Nest, M., Naumann, D.: Sinkhole Formation over a Solution Mining Cavern Field in Maceió, Brazil: Analysis of the Geomechanical Processes — Part II. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 1–25 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-026-05739-x
(online abrufbar unter https://rdcu.be/fxyoZ)