Explore: Subsidences (earth Movements)

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

proposed a new, much tighter scheme for the classification of mass movements and subsidence processes. This scheme was later modified by Cruden and Varnes

The Snowball Earth is a geohistorical hypothesis that proposes that during one or more of Earth's icehouse climates, the planet's surface became nearly

horizontal movements (such as continental drift) and vertical subsidence and uplift of the lithosphere (strain) in response to natural stresses on Earth's surface

shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured

and has been observed on Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter's moon Io, and on many other bodies in the Solar System. Subsidence is sometimes regarded as a

space. The depth, shape and size of a basin depend on tectonics, movements within the Earth's lithosphere. Where the lithosphere moves upward (tectonic uplift)

techniques for the study of ground subsidence phenomena: a review of practical issues through cases in Spain". Environmental Earth Sciences. 71 (1): 163–181.

flows, but usually topples, lateral spreading and complex movements are added to these. Rock, earth and debris are the terms generally used to distinguish

both earth dam engineering and the engineering science of soil mechanics; Terzaghi had also made significant contributions to understanding subsidence in