Estimation of subsidence using GPS measurements, and related hazard: the Pingtung Plain, southwestern Taiwan

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• 作者：Chin-Shyong Hou ; Jyr-Ching Hu ; Li-Chung Shen ; Jing-Suei Wang ; Chien-Liang Chen ; Tien-Chang Lai ; Chung Huang ; Yi-Rong Yang ; Rou-Fei Chen ; Yue-Gau Chen and Jacques Angelier
• 关键词：GPS geodesy ; Lateral escape ; Subsidence ; Pumping ; Hazard ; Taiwan
  Mots-clé ; s ; Gé ; odé ; sie GPS ; É ; chappement laté ; ral ; Subsidence ; Pompage ; Risque ; Taiwan
• 刊名：Comptes Rendus Geoscience
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：337
• 期：13
• 页码：1184-1193
• 全文大小：2405 K

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Four years of GPS measurements were done since 1996 in southwestern Taiwan in order to investigate crustal deformation and land subsidence. The network of 48 stations revealed the velocity field in the Pingtung Plain. Horizontal velocities range from 31 to 54 mm yr⁻¹ towards azimuths 247° to 273°. They show clear anti-clockwise deviation in the coastal area, consistent with tectonic transtension related to lateral escape at the transition collision–subduction. The deformation resembles a particle flow towards a free boundary, and is not a rigid rotation. Vertical velocities range from +13 to . Twenty stations show fast subsidence in the coastal area, with rates averaging −16 mm/yr. The comparison with Holocene subsidence suggests that about 75 % of the present-day subsidence result from decreasing groundwater level induced by over-pumping, adding significant short-term component to the natural risk resulting from long-term tectonic subsidence. To cite this article: C.-S. Hou et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).