| Abstract: | Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties has caused declines in fluid pressures, which in turn have resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake in due principaly to the removal of ground water in adjacent areas. Significant subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake began after 1900, and as much as 1.8 feet of subsidence had occurred in the ara by 1973. Probably future subsidence was calculated by two methods for two loading situations. In the first loading situation, the artesian head in the middle Chicot aquifer, in the Alta Loma Sand (Rose, 1943), and in the Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at respective rates of 1, 3, and 3 feet per year until 1980 and then cease. In the second loading situation, the artesian head in the middle Chicot aquifer, in the Alta Loma Sand, and in the Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at respective rates of 1, 3, and 3 feet per year until 1990 and then cease. (Woodard-USGS) |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 27222 |
| Citation Author: | Gabrysch, R. K.; Bonnet, C. W. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 42 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 76-32 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Moses Lake Near Texas City, Texas; 1976; WRI; 76-32; Gabrysch, R. K.; Bonnet, C. W. |
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| Citation Year: | 1976 |
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| Text: | Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Moses Lake Near Texas City, Texas; 1976; WRI; 76-32; Gabrysch, R. K.; Bonnet, C. W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1976/0032/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1976/0032/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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