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Subsidence-induced fissures in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Date
1975Type
ThesisDepartment
Geological Sciences and Engineering
Degree Level
Master's Degree
Degree Name
Hydrology
Abstract
Subsidence induced by artesian head loss has resulted in tansional forces which, when acting across pre-stressed zones in unconsolidated sediments, causes fissuring of the ground surface. Among the major controlling factors of this phenomenon are the presence of a pre—stressed or fractured zone and an area of high differential subsidence. Ideally, fissures will most likely occur at the closed curve of inflection surrounding a subsidence bowl where it transects a fractured zone, for example, a fault scarp.
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