Earth fissures triggered by groundwater withdrawal and coupled by geological structures in Jiangsu Province, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1047-1054

  Wang, G Y ^a,c   You, G ^b   Shi, B ^a   Yu, J ^c   Li, H Y ^c   Zong, K H ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JIANGSU PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Earth fissure; Geological structure; Groundwater withdrawal; Jiangsu; Land subsidence; Sinkhole

Indexed keywords

EARTH FISSURE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL; JIANGSU; LAND SUBSIDENCE; SINKHOLE;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RIVERS; SUBSIDENCE; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; DRILLING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FISSURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; PIEZOMETER; QUATERNARY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RIVER BANK; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER TABLE; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 67349093993     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1390-1     Document Type: Article

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