Definition
Subsidence is any downward movement of the land surface caused by geological changes of the subsurface. The velocity of the land surface subsidence and the extent, depth, and shape of the subsidence depression formed at the surface vary according to the characteristics of the geological setting of the location and the geological processes causing the subsidence. The formation of subsidence depressions may be accompanied by horizontal movements .
Introduction
Subsidence can be caused by various factors that can classify the process in principle as either man-made or natural. Natural tectonic processes or isostatic movements in lithospheric plates or magmatic movements in the upper mantle cause long-term (of several to thousands of years) and very large-scale subsidence of thousands to millions of kilometers squared. But geologic...
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Lazecky, M., Jirankova, E., Kadlecik, P. (2016). Subsidence. In: Bobrowsky, P., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_274-1
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