New surveys

摘要

A new surveying technique developed at The University of Nottingham is giving geologists a detailed picture of how ground movement associated with historical mining is changing the face of our landscape (Science Daily 14 November 2012). The new development reveals a more complete map of subsidence and uplift caused by the settlement of old mines, and has shown that small movements in the landscape are bound by natural fault lines and mining blocks. It appears to support concerns that movement associated with historical mining is continuing far longer than previously anticipated.