Ground water withdrawal and land subsidence in northeastern Saxony (Germany)

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. Wolkersdorfer ◽  
G. Thiem
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Water Withdrawal

scholarly journals LAND SUBSIDENCE DUE TO EXCESSIVE GROUND WATER WITHDRAWAL. A CASE STUDY FROM STAVROS - FARSALA SITE, WEST THESSALY GREECE

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 1850 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rozos ◽  
D. Sideri ◽  
C. Loupasakis ◽  
E. Apostolidis
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Water Withdrawal ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clayey Silt ◽  
Surface Ruptures ◽  
Tensile Surface

Land subsidence manifestation due to ground-water overexploitation in the Stavros – Farsala site (eastern part of Western Thessaly Basin) has been noticed since 1990. Because of this overexploitation, an excessive drawdown of the ground water level (20 to 40m) was noticed in the various successive aquifers the last decades. The subsidence phenomena resulted to the formation of tensile surface ruptures, which occurred since 2002, affecting roads and buildings. The geological environment of the study area consists of terrestrial Pleistocene deposits containing sands and gravels interbedded with clayey silt to silty clay horizons. These alternations of aquifers (permeable coarse-grained deposits) with aquitards (impermeable to low permeability strata) create a number of successive semi-confined to confined aquifer, initially artesian. This study examines the geological and the hydrogeological conditions of the wider study area, aiming to clarify their relationship with subsidence phenomena and to provide solutions for their suspension. Note that those phenomena are expected to be more incensed during the next few years.

Land subsidence caused by ground water withdrawal in urban areas

GeoJournal ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
ThomasL. Holzer ◽  
A.Ivan Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Water Withdrawal
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