Subsidence and Uplift in the Coastal Plain Near Houston, Texas, Mapped in Spatial Detail from Space

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dc.acquisition-srcGBEPen_US
dc.call-noQH 541.5 .E8 G32 T-5 c.1-3 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noREF QH 541.5 .E8 G32 T-5 c.1-4 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noARCHIVE QH 541.5 .E8 G32 T-5 c.1-3 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noGBEP T-5en_US
dc.contributor.authorGalloway, Devin L., and Laura S. Coplinen_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings: The State of the Bay Symposium V. January 31 - February 2, 2001en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:37:11Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:37:11Z
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpg. 133en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractInterferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is a powerful tool that uses radar signals to measure deformation of the Earth's crust in spatial detail at a high degree of measurement resolution. Interferograms developed from repeat-pass radar imagery of the Houston-Galveston area acquired in 1996-97 from Earth-orbiting satellites reveals subsidence landward of Galveston Bay and some localized uplift near the coast. Historically, land subsidence in the greater Houston area attributed to the withdrawal of subsurface fluids has increased the frequency and intensity of coastal and riverine flooding. Since 1977, management efforts to reduce ground-water pumpage and increase the imported surface-water supply to industries and municipalities along Galveston Bay, especially near the Houston Ship Channel, have largely arrested subsidence in these near-coastal areas. However, during this same period, increased ground-water pumpage resulting in ground-water-level declines and subsidence have occurred landward in the Jersey Village area, where InSAR detected a maximum of 35 millimeters (mm) of subsidence between January 1996 and December 1996 and revealed nearly 700 square kilometers affected by more than 5 mm of subsidence. Other areas showing small changes are the developing Kingwood area near Lake Houston (uplift) and Galveston Island (subsidence).en_US
dc.description.urien_US
dc.geo-codeHoustonen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeKingwooden_US
dc.geo-codeLake Houstonen_US
dc.geo-codeGalvestonen_US
dc.geo-codePasadenaen_US
dc.history10/25/04 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26193
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dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; GBIC Reference Collection; GBIC Archive Collectionen_US
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dc.notesThe authors are representing the U.S. Geological Surveyen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas Natural Resource Conservation Commissionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries9101.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/T5/gbnep-T5.htmlen_US
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dc.seriesen_US
dc.titleSubsidence and Uplift in the Coastal Plain Near Houston, Texas, Mapped in Spatial Detail from Spaceen_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
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dc.vol-issueT-5en_US

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