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- Title
Subsurface fire and subsidence at Valle del Potosí (Nuevo León, Mexico): Preliminary observations.
- Authors
Roy, Priyadarsi D.; Rivero-Navarrete, Axel; Sánchez-Zavala, José Luis; López-Balbiaux, Nayeli
- Abstract
Since the last three decades, Valle del Potosí basin (western part of Nuevo León) has been experiencing subsurface fire and subsidence. Preliminary field observations relate the subsurface fire to smoldering of a peat layer at 200-280 cm depth. Subsidence was caused by the associated volume reduction as a result of peat burning. We hereby present the chemical composition of the peat layer and report about the possible reasons of subsurface fire and subsidence.
- Subjects
LAND subsidence; EARTH movements &; building; PEAT geology; GEOLOGICAL research; FIRES
- Publication
Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 2014, Vol 66, Issue 3, p553
- ISSN
1405-3322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18268/BSGM2014v66n3a10