New Mapping Britain's Ups & Downs


The Relative Land Motion map showing subsidence on Wanstead Flats inwards East London

H5N1 novel interactive map of the Great Britain plots really small-scale changes inwards elevation to exhibit where the province is experiencing subsidence in addition to where the solid reason is experiencing uplift. Zoom inwards on whatsoever place on the Relative Land Motion Map of the UK in addition to y'all tin bring out out whether an expanse saw whatsoever warping of the solid reason surface betwixt 2015 in addition to 2017.

On the interactive map areas colored cerise accept experienced subsidence in addition to areas colored bluish accept seen uplift. These small-scale movements inwards solid reason surface accept been detected past times comparison imagery captured past times the Sentinel-1 satellite. Satellite interferometry has been used to abide by small-scale changes inwards dissimilar satellite images of the same location. In this agency it is possible to exhibit where the solid reason surface has experienced subsidence or uplift over time.

In the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland well-nigh changes to the levels of the solid reason surface are caused past times "groundwater levels, cloak-and-dagger mining, landslides, surface erosion (such equally inwards open-cast mines) in addition to soil compression (such equally inwards drained peatlands)".

On the interactive map about examples of areas that accept seen changes to solid reason surface levels accept been highlighted on the map. The white rectangles exhibit areas where mining, civil applied scientific discipline projects or geological features accept caused meaning subsidence or uplift. ​If y'all pick out 1 of these rectangles on the map a small-scale information window volition opened upwards explaining why the expanse has experienced warping of the solid reason surface.
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