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Subsidence

Subsidence is a geomechanical phenomenon characterized by the gradual downward displacement of the Earth's surface due to the deformation or compaction of subsurface materials under applied stresses.

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Rifting process and thermal evolution of the continental margin of Eastern Canada determined from subsidence curves

L. H. Royden, C. E. Keen · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1980 · 788 citations

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Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Wind Divergence, and Convection over Tropical Oceans

Nicholas E. Graham, T. P. Barnett · Science · 1987 · 705 citations

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Evidence for Great Holocene Earthquakes Along the Outer Coast of Washington State

Brian F. Atwater · Science · 1987 · 682 citations

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Thrust Loads and Foreland Basin Evolution, Cretaceous, Western United States

Teresa E. Jordan · AAPG Bulletin · 1981 · 649 citations

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Sensing the ups and downs of Las Vegas: InSAR reveals structural control of land subsidence and aquifer-system deformation

Falk Amelung, Devin L. Galloway, J. W. Bell et al. · Geology · 1999 · 627 citations

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  1. SC
    Sierd Cloetingh

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    30 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. HG
    Huili Gong

    Capital Normal University, China

    24 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. TS
    Tazio Strozzi

    Gamma Remote Sensing (Switzerland), Switzerland

    21 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. PT
    Pietro Teatini

    University of Padua, Italy

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. GH
    Gerardo Herrera

    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain

    16 publications · 955 citations

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  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    50 h-index

    211 publications

    18.9K citations

  2. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    40 h-index

    614 publications

    19K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    36 h-index

    281 publications

    11.3K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    34 h-index

    238 publications

    10.4K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    31 h-index

    79 publications

    10.8K citations

  6. British Geological Survey

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    89 publications

    3.7K citations

  7. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    30 h-index

    201 publications

    9.5K citations

  8. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    30 h-index

    92 publications

    4.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 180 publications · 15.4K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    134 publications · 9K citations

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  3. Tectonics

    95 publications · 7.5K citations

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  4. Remote Sensing

    170 publications · 7.4K citations

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  5. AAPG Bulletin

    112 publications · 7.2K citations

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