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Sinking cities
Author(s) -
Waltham Tony
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2451.2002.00341.x
Subject(s) - geology , alluvium , subsidence , alluvial fan , mining engineering , ground subsidence , geomorphology , geochemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , archaeology , geotechnical engineering , sedimentary rock , geography , structural basin
When water supplies are abstracted from alluvial sands, interbedded clays compact and cause ground subsidence. Entire cities are being gently lowered, with serious consequences for those on low coastal sites.