Faille de la Route de Carpiagne
Absorbing fault on the Carpiagne road, with an entrance of 0.3 m by 3 m and a joint descending to -13.
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Faille de la Route de Carpiagne
Absorbing fault on the Carpiagne road, with an entrance of 0.3 m by 3 m and a joint descending to -13.
Marseille
Length: 23 m · Depth: 13 m
Updated record
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Absorbing fault on the Carpiagne road, with an entrance of 0.3 m by 3 m and a joint descending to -13.
Description
Morphology
Entrance of 0.3 m x 3 m opening onto a joint 1 meter maximum, descending in steps to -13 on an earthy bottom.
Hydrology
This joint absorbs the waters of the road and floods during heavy storms (traces of floating rubbish caught at -10).
Other details
Note: another absorbing joint at the edge of the path, at 857.93 - 108.99 - 230, depth -4.
Source: Base CAVITREIZE > R > "Faille du RELAIS DE LA ROUTE DE CASSIS [FAILLE DE LA ROUTE DE CARPIAGNE] [FAILLE DE LA BARRIERE]": https://www.cdsc13.fr/cavites/R.htm
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/10477 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/10477 · data as of 2026