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November 22, 2012

What lies beneath? New survey technique offers detailed picture of our changing landscape
Nottingham UK (SPX) Nov 18, 2012
A new surveying technique developed at The University of Nottingham is giving geologists their first detailed picture of how ground movement associated with historical mining is changing the face of our landscape. The new development by engineers at the University has revealed a more complete map of subsidence and uplift caused by the settlement of old mines in the East Midlands and other areas of the country and has shown that small movements in the landscape are bound by natural fault lines and ... read more

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