le 23/01/01 11:54, Tony Brewis à [log in to unmask] a écrit :
> The use of the word "compromise" makes me wonder if the
> questioner was thinking of untoward openings at surface caused
> by mining, such as subsidence and swallow-holes.
The French word for this is : "fontis"
At the St Véran copper mine in the Alps, the neolithic stopes are presently
infilled by a fontis resulting from 20th c. operations ; there is a proposal
underway to excavate all this to get into the ancient stopes.
Ian
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