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Effect of Water‐Level Recoveries on Fault Creep, Houston, Texas
Author(s) -
Holzer Thomas L.,
Gabrysch Robert K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1987.tb02143.x
Subject(s) - creep , fault (geology) , water level , groundwater , environmental science , subsidence , geotechnical engineering , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , seismology , materials science , geography , geomorphology , composite material , cartography , structural basin
Fault creep has stopped or slowed in the eastern part of the Houston, Texas, land subsidence area where reductions in pumping of ground water have allowed water levels to recover partially. Creep has continued across faults in the western part where heavy pumping causes water levels to continue to decline. The observations support the long‐suspected relation between historical faulting and withdrawal of ground water and indicate that partial water‐level recoveries can reduce fault movement and structural damage.