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Houston - Galveston Subsidence

USGS reports related to Subsidence in the Houston - Galveston Region
Online reports:
Water-Level Altitudes and Changes for the Chicot, Evangeline, & Jasper Aquifers:
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Water-Level Altitudes for the Jasper Aquifer, 2001

Water-Level Changes 1977-87, 1987-95, 1995-2000 in the Chicot & Evangeline Aquifers

Houston InSAR report

Land Subsidence in the United States

Faults in parts of north-central and western Houston metropolitan area, Texas

2004 Water-Level Altitudes and Changes for the Chicot, Evangeline, & Jasper Aquifers

For more information on subsidence in the Houston area see:
Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District

Fort Bend Subsidence District

USGS reports on Faulting in the Houston - Galveston Region
Principal Faults in the Houston, Texas, Metropolitan Area

Paper reports that can be ordered from the USGS by calling 1-888-ASK-USGS:

Verbeek, E.R., Ratzlaff, K.W., and Clanton, U.S., 1979, Faults in parts of north-central and western Houston metropolitan area, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1136, 1 plate.

Verbeek, E.R., and Clanton, U.S., 1978, Map showing surface faults in southeastern Houston metropolitan area, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-797, 20 p.

Verbeek, E.R., and Clanton, U.S., 1979, Clodine Fault, southwestern Houston metropolitan area, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-947, 28 p.

Houston Geological Society publications

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