Bilingual glossary of geology
Subsidence Subsidence
A depression or sinking of the Earth's crust. Subsidence can be regional or local in scale, and induced by a variety of processes such as: weight of overburden, tectonic activity, cooling and densification of crust, excessive pumping of groundwater, etc.
Themes:
Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle
Glaciers
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Themes:
Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle
Glaciers
Related words: