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Age Determination of the Remaining Peat in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, USA
$0.00Age Determination of the Remaining Peat in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, USA
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | October 9, 2007...SummaryThe Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta of California was once a 1,400 square kilometer (km2) tidal marsh, which contained a vast layer of peat ranging...
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Analysis and simulation of regional subsidence accompanying groundwater abstraction and compaction of susceptible aquifer systems in the USA
Analysis and simulation of regional subsidence accompanying groundwater abstraction and compaction of susceptible aquifer systems in the USA
Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana | January 17, 2013...SummaryRegional aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence accompanying groundwater abstraction in susceptible aquifer systems in the USA is a challenge for managing groundwater resources...
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Detection and Measurement of Land Subsidence Using Global Positioning System Surveying and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, Coachella Valley, California, 1996–2005
Detection and Measurement of Land Subsidence Using Global Positioning System Surveying and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, Coachella Valley, California, 1996–2005
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coachella Valley Water District | June 13, 2013...SummaryLand subsidence associated with ground-water-level declines has been investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Coachella Valley, California, since 1996. Groundwater has...
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Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California
Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | April 15, 1998...SummaryInterferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) has great potential to detect and quantify land subsidence caused by aquifer system compaction. InSAR maps with high...
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Estimating the permanent loss of groundwater storage in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California
$0.00Estimating the permanent loss of groundwater storage in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California
American Geophysical Union, Water Resources Research | February 23, 2017...SummaryIn the San Joaquin Valley, California, recent droughts starting in 2007 have increased the pumping of groundwater, leading to widespread subsidence. In the...
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Factors and Processes Affecting Delta Levee System Vulnerability
$0.00Factors and Processes Affecting Delta Levee System Vulnerability
San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (UC Davis) | December 1, 2016...SummaryThe authors appraised factors and processes related to human activities and high water, subsidence, and seismicity. Farming and drainage of peat soils over...
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Ground Water in the Central Valley, California – A Summary Report
Ground Water in the Central Valley, California – A Summary Report
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | June 1, 1991...SummaryThe agricultural productivity of the Central Valley depends on irrigation. Half of the 22 million acre-feet of irrigation water applied annually is ground water. The...
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Hydro-economic analysis of groundwater pumping for irrigated agriculture in California’s Central Valley, USA
Hydro-economic analysis of groundwater pumping for irrigated agriculture in California’s Central Valley, USA
Hydrogeology Journal, Springer | July 12, 2015...SummaryAs in many places, groundwater in California (USA) is the major alternative water source for agriculture during drought, so groundwater’s availability will drive...
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Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1972
Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1972
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 10, 1975...SummaryLand subsidence which began in the mid-1920's due to groundwater overdraft in the San Joaquin Valley has caused widespread concern for the past two decades....
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Land Subsidence, Groundwater Levels, and Geology in the Coachella Valley, California, 1993–2010
$0.00Land Subsidence, Groundwater Levels, and Geology in the Coachella Valley, California, 1993–2010
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | June 6, 2014...SummaryLand subsidence associated with groundwater-level declines has been investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Coachella Valley, California, since 1996. Groundwater has...
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