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Subsidence Above the Holbrook Salt
August 12, 2012 | Arizona Geology

The Arizona Geological Survey has maps showing subsidence in the Holbrook area where a salt deposit in the subsurface is dissolving. Subsidence of up to a few centimeters per year are occurring in some areas.


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