Sentences with phrase «subsidence rate»

The phrase "subsidence rate" refers to the speed or rate at which the ground or land sinks or collapses. Full definition
So far, the results suggest subsidence rates of some 9 millimeters per year in the southwest, and just 2 — 4 in the southeast.
For subsidence rates in Bangladesh, he says, «depending on how and where you measure, you might get 15 different values».
The researchers also analyzed how subsidence rates varied along adjacent 30 - meter sections of track.
In this study for Geology, Makan Karegar and colleagues use precise Global Positioning System (GPS) data to measure subsidence rates of the Mississippi Delta.
Under the new slab - ocean approach, the LHF increase is weaker under warming, the Cu layer shallows (if the large - scale subsidence rate is kept fixed), and the inversion strengthens.
A more recent analysis shows that subsidence rates in the Dulac area average 12.5 millimeters (one - half inch) per year — among the highest in southern Louisiana.
The present plinth levels suggest a subsidence rate of just 1 — 2.5 millimeters per year.
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