Record Details
Costs of Land Subsidence Due to Groundwater Withdrawal
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Costs of Land Subsidence Due to Groundwater Withdrawal |
| Creator | Warren, J. P. Jones, L. L. Griffin, W. L. Lacewell, R. D. |
| Description | In recent years the area around Houston and Baytown, Texas, has been affected to an increasing degree by land subsidence. Sinking of the land surface has reached critical proportions in many areas, and subsidence of as much as eight feet has occurred. The severity of this phenomenon has been aggravated by the proximity of much of the affected area to bay waters, and tidal flooding has resulted in significant damages and property loss. Subsidence has been linked by engineers to the decline of... |
| Date | 2011-07-01T16:08:39Z 2011-07-01T16:08:39Z 1974-07 |
| Type | Technical Report |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/94901 |
| Language | en_US |
| Relation | TR;57 |
| Publisher | Texas Water Resources Institute |
