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Causes of Land Subsidence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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  • Ammar Amin
  • Khalid Bankher

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The occurrence of land subsidence in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia is either natural or man-made. Natural land subsidence occurs due to the development of subterranean voids by a solution of host rocks in carbonate and evaporite terrains, over many areas of Saudi Arabia. Man-induced land subsidence is either due to the removal of groundwater in the agricultural areas or to wetting of unstable soils. Therefore, earth fissures and a lowering of the ground surface in unconsolidated sediments took place in alluvial plains and volcanic vent terrains. Unstable soils include Sabkha soils and loess sediments. These types of soils occur in coastal plains, desert areas and volcanic terrains. When this soil is wetted either during agricultural activities, waste disposal or even during a rain storm, subsidence takes place due to either the removal of salts from the Sabkha soil or the rearrangement of soil particles in loess sediments. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

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  • Ammar Amin & Khalid Bankher, 1997. "Causes of Land Subsidence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 16(1), pages 57-63, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:16:y:1997:i:1:p:57-63
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1007942021332
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    1. Jun Wang & Wei Gao & Shiyuan Xu & Lizhong Yu, 2012. "Evaluation of the combined risk of sea level rise, land subsidence, and storm surges on the coastal areas of Shanghai, China," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 115(3), pages 537-558, December.
    2. Jianxiu Wang & Xueying Gu & Yukun Jiang & Tianrong Huang & Bo Feng, 2013. "Point-line-area-volume index system of land subsidence and application in Ningbo, China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 69(3), pages 2197-2214, December.

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