More than 10 cases of the earth’s surface sinking have been reported in the Jinshazhou housing estate since construction of the Guangzhou-Wuhan express railway began.
自武广高速铁路开工建设以来,金沙洲住宅区已上报十余起地面塌陷事故。
文中的earth’s surface sinking就是指“地面塌陷”,也称为earth sinking。此次事故源于在Guangzhou-Wuhan express railway(武广高铁)施工过程中的over-extraction of groundwater(过度抽排地下水),造成water table(地下水位)的下降。此次事故还导致居民住宅出现walls cracking(墙体开裂)和peeling off of interior wall(内墙墙皮脱落)。
Earth’s surface sinking(地面塌陷)属于一种geology disaster(地质灾害)。此外,ground fissure/fracture(地裂缝)、landslide(滑坡)、mudslide(泥石流)、water and soil erosion(水土流失)、land desertification(土地沙漠化)、land salinization(土地盐碱化)等都属于geology disasters. |