Outline summary: Determining reasonable controls of land subsidence in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas.

Date

1970

Authors

Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Incorporated

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Publisher

Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Incorporated

Abstract

Discusses areas affected by subsidence, the amount of subsidence, the causes, damages, need for study and consequences. Also discusses the present knowledge available about subsidence, alternative remedies for this problem, and a list of the total project tasks. Also includes a paper titled Control of subsidence in the Houston area by Frank H. Newman, Jr.

Description

36 p.

Keywords

subsidence, geology, ground water, pumping, damage

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