The grand canyon also demonstrates that uplift and subsidence alternated , since it contains plant fossil layers sandwiched between marine fossil layers .
大峡谷还向人类展示出,地层的上升与下沉是交替进行的,因为在海相化石层之间夹杂有植物化石层。
Wang zujian , a director of the provincial railway construction bureau , told the official xinhua news agency that investigations after the accident found evidence of subsidence along more than 7km of the line .
Deltas are doubly damned , since any subsidence is often coupled with a lessened supply of replenishing sediment , which is often trapped upstream by irrigation , hydropower production and flood-control projects .
Rising sea levels and subsidence , resulting from decades of groundwater extraction for agriculture and industry on the italian mainland , have caused venice to sink 23 centimeters in the past century .
Over geologic time the central volcano becomes extinct , followed by erosion and subsidence beneath the sea surface , leaving the coral reefs as a ring around ( or cap on ) the submerged island remnant .
Thanks to their pegged joints , the timber-framed buildings your correspondent described last week cope with subsidence by " giving " a little at the joints-albeit with nothing like the freedom of movement a pagoda has .
Uplift of surrounding mountain ranges and subsidence of the valley floor are both occurring .
周围山脉的隆起和死谷谷底的下沉都在发生。
Even more scarily , mr zhou said authorities hushed up technical failures that ranged from unscheduled stops due to track subsidence and equipment covers that fall off .
更令人惊骇的是,周翊民表示,当局有意隐瞒各种技术故障,如由于轨道沉降和设备的盖子掉落而临时停车。
Even as the waters rise , many coasts will be sinking because of the subsidence that follows as cities suck up groundwater .
随着水位上涨,许多海岸会下沉,随之而来的是城市吸取地下水也跟着下陷。
The result of this shearing action is additional extension in the central part of death valley which causes a slight widening and more subsidence there .