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Subsidence is a
general term for
downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface,
which can be
caused by both
natural processes and
human activities...
- In meteorology,
subsidence is the
downward movement of an air
parcel as it
cools and
becomes denser. By contrast, warm air
becomes less
dense and moves...
- A
subsidence crater is a hole or
depression left on the
surface of an area
which has had an
underground (usually nuclear) explosion. Many such craters...
- the
subsidence model and the
antecedent karst model, have been used to
explain the
development of atolls.
According to
Charles Darwin's
subsidence model...
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Tectonic subsidence is the
sinking of the Earth's
crust on a
large scale,
relative to crustal-scale
features or the geoid. The
movement of
crustal plates...
- (manifested
through sea
level rise,
intensifying storms, and
storm surge), land
subsidence, and
accelerated urbanization. Many of the world's
largest and most rapidly...
- land
subsidence was formed. In 1975
subsidence was
maintained under the
framework of the
UNESCO IHP (subproject 8.4: "Investigation of Land
Subsidence due...
- In
geology and geophysics,
thermal subsidence is a
mechanism of
subsidence in
which conductive cooling of the
mantle thickens the
lithosphere and causes...
- In meteorology, an
inversion (or
temperature inversion) is a
phenomenon in
which a
layer of
warmer air
overlies cooler air. Normally, air
temperature gradually...
- and
though most
thought the
worst had been seen, the full
extent of the
subsidence could only be
guessed at and no one yet knew when
rails might start to...
