{"id":96768,"date":"2023-02-17T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T09:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=96768"},"modified":"2024-02-26T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:56:56","slug":"six-bgs-datasets-for-assessing-shrink-swell-subsidence-hazards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/six-bgs-datasets-for-assessing-shrink-swell-subsidence-hazards\/","title":{"rendered":"Six BGS datasets for assessing shrink\u2013swell subsidence hazards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Many towns, cities and major infrastructure corridors in the UK are founded on clay-rich soils, especially in the south-east of the UK including much of London. Differences in the properties of underlying geology and regional climate across the UK result in localised changes in susceptibility due to shrink\u2013swell subsidence<\/a> (Jones and Jefferson, 2012; Jones et al., 2020). It is predicted that climate change will also have a significant effect on the magnitude and frequency of shrink\u2013swell subsidence incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outlined here is the full range of BGS shrink\u2013swell subsidence data products, which are designed to offer complementary assessments of susceptibility at a range of scales for a range of different uses and users. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\nGeneral users:\n