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  <dc:contributor>Devin L. Galloway</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Steven E. Ingebritsen</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2014</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Subsurface fluid-pressure declines caused by pumping of groundwater or hydrocarbons can lead to aquifer-system compaction and consequent land subsidence. This subsidence can be rapid, as much as 30 cm per year in some instances, and large, totaling more than 13 m in extreme examples. Thus anthropogenic subsidence may be the dominant contributor to relative sea-level rise in coastal environments where subsurface fluids are heavily exploited. Maximum observed rates of human-induced subsidence greatly exceed the rates of natural subsidence of unconsolidated sediments (~0.1&amp;ndash;1 cm yr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;minus;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;) and the estimated rates of ongoing global sea-level rise (~0.3 cm yr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;minus;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1088/1748-9326/9/9/091002</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>IOP Science</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Coastal subsidence and relative sea level rise</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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