Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities...

the subsidence model and the antecedent karst model, have been used to explain the development of atolls. According to Charles Darwin's subsidence model...

River valley: a depression carved by fluvial erosion by a river. Area of subsidence caused by the collapse of an underlying structure, such as sinkholes in...

Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth' and λoγία (-logía) 'study of, discourse') is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other...

slope stability; erosion; slaking and heave of geologic formations, such as frost heaving; ground subsidence (such as due to ground water withdrawal, sinkhole...

"Anomalous Cenozoic subsidence along the 'passive' continental margin from Ireland to mid-Norway". Marine and Petroleum Geology. 22 (9–10): 1045–67....

dictionary of geology and earth sciences (Fourth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199653065. Britannica Jackson 1997, "subsidence". Fleming...

(2014). Investigation of land subsidence and earth fissures in Cedar Valley, Iron County, Utah. Special Study. Utah Geological Survey. ISBN 978-1-55791-891-8...

stretched cools again, its density rises, causing isostatic subsidence. If this subsidence continues long enough, the basin is called a sag basin. Examples...

Norwegian mountains: the result of multiple episodes of uplift and subsidence". Geology Today. 38 (1): 13–19. doi:10.1111/gto.12377. ISSN 0266-6979. S2CID 246564493...