Land subsidence occurs when large amounts of groundwater have been withdrawn from certain types of rocks, such as fine-grained sediments.

26 июл. 2013 г. · Land subsidence is the gradual settling or sudden sinking of land. Its primary causes are the removal of underground water, compaction, drainage ...

Natural Causes of Subsidence · Cohesive soils shrinking and swelling. · Non-cohesive soils being washed away. · Movement of varying soil structures. · Soil ...

Both natural forces and human activities can cause ground subsidence. Natural causes include material dissolution, soil creep, underground erosion and tectonic ...

Causes · Dissolution of limestone · Mining · Extraction of petroleum and natural gas · Earthquake · Groundwater-related subsidence · Faulting induced · Isostatic ...

What Causes Subsidence? · Human processes that can cause subsidence include mining, natural gas removal, and overuse of groundwater. · Natural processes that ...

17 мая 2023 г. · It is caused by natural and human-made factors including groundwater extraction, construction works, soil consolidation and geological processes ...

Although land subsidence caused by groundwater pumping has caused many negative effects on human civil works for centuries, especially in the highly developed ...

5 сент. 2018 г. · There are four main causes of ground subsidence. One is overexploitation of underground water, natural gas and oil, which makes the pore pressure of the ...