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FIGURE 10.4
Pumped storage reservoir failure 1968, Baldwin Hills, California. Failure occurred suddenly over a small fault.
compute estimates of the surface settlements for various well-field layouts, including dif-
ferential deflections and both immediate and long-term time rates of settlements.
The increase in the flood hazard is a function of runoff and drainage into a basin or the
proximity to large water bodies and their relative elevations, including tidal effects. The
growth of faults is difficult to assess both in location and magnitude of displacement. In
general, locations will be controlled by the locations of relict faults. New faults associated
with subsidence are normally concentrated in a concentric pattern around the periphery
of the subsiding area. The center of the area can be expected to occur over the location of
wells where withdrawal is heaviest.
 
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