subsidence
11subsidence — (entrée créée par le supplément) (sub si dan s ) s. f. Terme de géologie. Action de descendre au dessous du niveau, affaissement. • Elles marquent probablement la limite extrême de l affaissement, ou, pour employer l expression anglaise, de la… …
12subsidence — sub|si|dence [səbˈsaıdəns, ˈsʌbsıdəns] n [U and C] the process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than the land surrounding it, or a building begins to sink into the ground ▪ Is your house insured against subsidence? …
13subsidence — noun (C, U) the process by which land sinks to a lower level, or the state of land or buildings that have sunk: Is your house insured against subsidence? …
14SUBSIDENCE (géologie) — La subsidence (du latin subsidere , s’enfoncer) est un affaissement de la surface de la croûte terrestre sous l’effet d’une charge qui vient s’ajouter soit au dessus de la croûte (eau, sédiments, volcan, calotte glaciaire, chaîne de montagnes,… …
15Subsidence (atmosphere) — Subsidence in the Earth s atmosphere is most commonly caused by cold temperatures: as air cools, it becomes denser and moves towards the ground, just as warm air becomes less dense and moves upwards. Subsidence generally causes high barometric… …
16Subsidence (géologie) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Subsidence. Route endommagée par un affaissement de subsidence, près de Castleton, Derbyshire. La subsidence en géologie est un affaissement lent de la …
17Subsidence (météorologie) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Subsidence. Rafales decendantes d un orage La subsidence atmosphérique est le déplacement d air vers le sol dans l atmosphère. Il peut s agir d un lent affaissement d une ma …
18Subsidence crater — A subsidence crater is a hole or depression left on the surface of an area which has had an underground (usually nuclear) explosion. Many such craters are present at the Nevada Test Site, which is no longer in use for nuclear testing.Subsidence… …
19subsidence doline — A closed karst depression formed due to local subsidence of the surface rocks and/or soil into cavities formed by widespread dissolution or local collapse of caves. The type of subsidence doline formed by downwashing of the soil cover is… …
20subsidence/head-decline ratio — The ratio between land subsidence and hydraulic head decline in the coarse grained beds of the compacting aquifer system [21] …
