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Radar photos present giant swath of Texas oil patch is heaving and sinking at alarming charges
Radar satellite tv for pc photos present a big swath of Texas oil patch is heaving and sinking at alarming charges, in response to a geophysical workforce. Evaluation of the pictures with oil exercise knowledge from the Texas Railroad Fee … Continue reading
Sinking land will exacerbate flooding from sea stage rise in Bay Space
Hazard maps use estimated sea stage rise as a result of local weather change to find out flooding danger for right this moment’s shoreline, however do not take into consideration that some land is sinking. A exact research of subsidence … Continue reading
New map highlights sinking Louisiana coast
A subsidence map of coastal Louisiana has now been created, putting the rate at which this region is sinking at just over one third of an inch per year. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Planetary Tectonics: Sinking plates on Venus
Nature Geoscience 10, 330 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2941 Author: Fabio Crameri Unlike Earth, Venus lacks discrete, moving plates. Analogue model experiments suggest that observed hints at plate recycling do indeed indicate current, localized destruction of the Venusian surface. Nature Geoscience – Issue … Continue reading
Sinking of seal beach wetlands tied to ancient quakes
When geologists went in search for evidence of ancient tsunamis along Southern California’s coastal wetlands, they found something else. Their discoveries have implications for seismic hazard and risk assessment in coastal Southern California. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Earthquake omen: Land around San Andreas Fault rising, sinking
Photo shows a valley eroded along the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain. The downstream segment of the channel on the west side (far side) of the fault has been displaced a kilometer or more from the upstream segment … Continue reading
Concordia worker describes blackness, chaos on sinking ship
(ANSA) – Grosetto, November 26 – Staff on the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship were given only a 10-minute warning to escape before sea water would force them out, a courtroom heard Tuesday. Fiorella Silvana Panetti, a crew member on … Continue reading