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Author:

Liu, Yuhao (Liu, Yuhao.) | Sun, Xiaohan (Sun, Xiaohan.) | Wang, Guoquan (Wang, Guoquan.) | Turco, Michael J. (Turco, Michael J..) | Agudelo, Gonzalo (Agudelo, Gonzalo.) | Bao, Yan (Bao, Yan.) | Zhao, Ruibin (Zhao, Ruibin.) | Shen, Shuilong (Shen, Shuilong.)

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Abstract:

The Long Point Fault is one of the most active urban faults in Houston, Texas, which belong to a complex system of normal growth faults along the Texas Gulf Coast. To assess the activity of the Long Point Fault, a GPS array with 12 permanent stations was installed along the two sides of the 16-km-long fault scarp in 2013. GPS datasets were processed with the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) and Double-Difference (DD) methods. The daily PPP solutions with respect to the International Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Reference Frame 2014 (IGS14) were converted to the Stable Houston Reference Frame (Houston16). The six-year continuous GPS observations indicate that the Long Point Fault is currently inactive, with the rates of down-dip-slip and along-strike-slip being below 1 mm/year. The Long Point Fault area is experiencing moderate subsidence varying from 5 to 11 mm/year and a coherent horizontal movement towards the northwest at a rate of approximately 2 to 4 mm/year. The horizontal movement is induced by the subsidence bowl that has been developing since the 1980s in the Jersey Village area. Current surficial damages in the Long Point Fault area are more likely caused by ongoing uneven subsidence and its induced horizontal strains, as well as the significant seasonal ground deformation, rather than deep-seated or tectonic-controlled fault movements. The results from this study suggest a cause-and-effect relationship between groundwater withdrawals and local faulting, which is pertinent to plans for future urban development, use of groundwater resources, and minimization of urban geological hazards.

Keyword:

growth fault Long Point Fault subsidence GPS Houston groundwater

Author Community:

  • [ 1 ] [Liu, Yuhao]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Houston, TX 77204 USA
  • [ 2 ] [Wang, Guoquan]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Houston, TX 77204 USA
  • [ 3 ] [Agudelo, Gonzalo]Univ Houston, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Houston, TX 77204 USA
  • [ 4 ] [Sun, Xiaohan]Tianjin Chengjian Univ, Sch Civil Engn, Tianjin 300384, Peoples R China
  • [ 5 ] [Turco, Michael J.]Harris Galveston Subsidence Dist, Houston, TX 77456 USA
  • [ 6 ] [Bao, Yan]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Urban Secur & Disaster Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 7 ] [Zhao, Ruibin]Tianjin Chengjian Univ, Sch Geol & Geomat, Tianjin 300384, Peoples R China
  • [ 8 ] [Shen, Shuilong]Shantou Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Coll Engn, Shantou 515063, Peoples R China

Reprint Author's Address:

  • [Sun, Xiaohan]Tianjin Chengjian Univ, Sch Civil Engn, Tianjin 300384, Peoples R China

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Year: 2019

Issue: 10

Volume: 11

5 . 0 0 0

JCR@2022

ESI Discipline: GEOSCIENCES;

ESI HC Threshold:123

JCR Journal Grade:2

Cited Count:

WoS CC Cited Count: 15

SCOPUS Cited Count: 21

ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All

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30 Days PV: 1

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