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Sinking cities |
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| Authors: | Tony Waltham |
| Affiliation: | Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering Division, Nottingham Trent University |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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