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Answered by ItzSecretBoy01
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Land subsidence generally occurs when groundwater is mined in an unplanned way. ... Lowering of the pore water pressure in a layer results in an increase of the effective stress in the soil, resulting in consolidation of the soil which manifests as land subsidence.

Answered by ravi15964
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Land subsidence is a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth's surface. ... Subsidence can also be caused by natural events such as earthquakes, soil compaction, glacial isostatic adjustment, erosion, sinkhole formation, and adding water to fine soils deposited by wind.

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If the ground surface shifts downward, it is called subsidence. A particularly common cause of subsidence is the movement of groundwater. ... In a natural example of groundwater-related subsidence, the erosion of bedrock due to moving groundwater can cause cave-ins, which are an extreme case of subsidence.

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