Chapter 2
Subsidence Processes
Publication: Investigation of Land Subsidence due to Fluid Withdrawal
Abstract
Subsidence from groundwater withdrawal develops principally under two types of contrasting environments and mechanical processes. The first consists of aquifer system compaction in unconsolidated deposits, which comprise a significant fraction of fine-grained compressible material. The second consists of collapsing cavities in areas with underground voids such as those that occur naturally in karst terrains. This chapter focuses on the development of groundwater resources in aquifer systems; most subsidence attributed to subsurface fluid withdrawal is caused by groundwater extractions. The similarities of the subsidence processes in hydrocarbon and geothermal resource development are detailed. Compaction or land subsidence associated with extracting fluids such as water, crude oil, and natural gas from subsurface formations is also analyzed.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Cavitation
- Compaction (material)
- Compression
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Energy engineering
- Energy sources (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Fluid dynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Geohazards
- Geology
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Groundwater
- Groundwater depletion
- Hydrologic engineering
- Land subsidence
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Non-renewable energy
- Rock mechanics
- Solid mechanics
- Structural dynamics
- Subsurface environment
- Voids
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
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