Sinking cities

作者：Tony Waltham · 发表于：Geology Today · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1046/j.1365-2451.2002.00341.x · 被引用次数：30 · 研究领域：Flood Risk Assessment and Management、Coastal and Marine Dynamics

When water supplies are abstracted from alluvial sands, interbedded clays compact and cause ground subsidence. Entire cities are being gently lowered, with serious consequences for those on low coastal sites.