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The Weight of Cities: Urbanization Effects on Earth's Subsurface - Parsons - 2021 - AGU Advances - Wiley Online Library
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Tom PARSONS | Research Geophysicist | Ph.D | United States Geological Survey, Colorado | USGS | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Tom PARSONS | Research Geophysicist | Ph.D | United States Geological Survey, Colorado | USGS | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Tom PARSONS | Research Geophysicist | Ph.D | United States Geological Survey, Colorado | USGS | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Tom PARSONS | Research Geophysicist | Ph.D | United States Geological Survey, Colorado | USGS | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
![AGU (American Geophysical Union) on Twitter: "NEW from AGU Advances: The added weight of growing cities can lead to 10s of mm of subsidence, a challenge for coastal cities threatened by sea AGU (American Geophysical Union) on Twitter: "NEW from AGU Advances: The added weight of growing cities can lead to 10s of mm of subsidence, a challenge for coastal cities threatened by sea](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtKhiL9XMAE77kz.jpg)
AGU (American Geophysical Union) on Twitter: "NEW from AGU Advances: The added weight of growing cities can lead to 10s of mm of subsidence, a challenge for coastal cities threatened by sea
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USGS Open-File Report 99-314: Wide-Angle Seismic Recordings from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Western Washington and British Columbia
Fossbytes - Geophysicist Tom Parsons, from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) agency, has concluded that cities are sinking into the earth due to their heavyweight. The heavyweight of the cities is
![Tom PARSONS | Research Geophysicist | Ph.D | United States Geological Survey, Colorado | USGS | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Tom PARSONS | Research Geophysicist | Ph.D | United States Geological Survey, Colorado | USGS | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347773744/figure/fig2/AS:1010338807959554@1617894951684/a-Building-area-outlines-for-the-San-Francisco-Bay-region_Q320.jpg)