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GPS measurement of land subsidence in Gandhinagar, Gujarat (Western India), due to groundwater depletion

Authors: Pallabee Choudhury, Kalpna Gahalaut, Rakesh Dumka, V. K. Gahalaut, Abhay Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 22/2018

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A continuous GPS measurement site, ISRR, at Gandhinagar (Western India), documented ~ 5 mm/year of surface subsidence rate during 2009–2016. Preliminary modelling using an analytical solution indicates that the observed surface subsidence rate at the ISRR site is consistent with the ground water depletion reported from Gandhinagar. An assessment of data from GPS sites at Lucknow and Varanasi in the Indo-Gangetic plains in Northern India does not indicate any significant subsidence at these sites which is also consistent with the in situ observations of insignificant depletion of ground water in the region.

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Title: GPS measurement of land subsidence in Gandhinagar, Gujarat (Western India), due to groundwater depletion
Authors: Pallabee Choudhury
Kalpna Gahalaut
Rakesh Dumka
V. K. Gahalaut
Abhay Kumar Singh
Sanjay Kumar
Publication date: 01-11-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 22/2018
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7966-5

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