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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...
- the
subsidence model and the
antecedent karst model, have been used to
explain the
development of atolls.
According to
Charles Darwin's
subsidence model...
- 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...
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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...
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September 2021. "Earth Fissures,
Subsidence &
Karst in Arizona". AZGS. 12 July 2017.
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September 2021....
- In meteorology, an
inversion (or
temperature inversion) is a
phenomenon in
which a
layer of
warmer air
overlies cooler air. Normally, air
temperature gradually...
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flexes in
response to the load on the mantle,
causing depression and
subsidence (foredeep)
followed by the
forebulging in the front. The
forebulge area...
- In
geology and geophysics,
thermal subsidence is a
mechanism of
subsidence in
which conductive cooling of the
mantle thickens the
lithosphere and causes...
- Groundwater-related
subsidence is the
subsidence (or the sinking) of land
resulting from
unsustainable groundwater extraction. It is a
growing problem...
