Land subsidence, associated hazards and the role of natural resources development.

The relation of fracturing to sediment compaction and subsidence is complex and an important area of research in Mexico, Latin America and globally.

Land subsidence and fracturing are widespread problems in the rapidly growing urbanized areas of central Mexico. Compaction of sediments and accompanying land subsidence is attributed to groundwater withdrawal in metropolitan areas such as Mexico City, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara, and Morelia. The relation of fracturing to sediment compaction and subsidence is complex and an important area of research in Mexico, Latin America and globally. The analysis of these phenomena requires a multidisciplinary approach to improve understanding of the triggering factors, failure modes, and propagation processes of fracturing. Geologists, geophysicists, hydrologists, geotechnical and geomechanical engineers, other scientists, resource managers and stakeholders are encouraged to participate in this symposium and contribute papers describing the development of new techniques for monitoring, analysis, interpretation and prediction of subsidence and (or) related fracturing processes. Case studies of applied science and engineering and social/cultural investigations of these processes are welcome.

Welcome to EISOLS in Queretaro!

Representatives from 20 countries submitted more than 130 abstracts!!
For a limited time abstracts can be checked and modified if necessary. Follow the VIEW/MODIFY ABSTRACT link. Your registration number is needed to access.
Extended abstracts will be published by the IAHS Red Book Series.
Consult the author guidelines for further details.
link: http://iahs.info/hsj/IAHS_Guidelines_for_authors.pdf

The chosen venue of the conference is the Academic and Cultural Complex (Centro Académico Cultural (CAC)) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).  

Queretaro City is 215 km to the northwest of Mexico City. To arrive: by bus from the Mexico City. Airport to Querétaro, it is suggest that U.S. participants to get their connecting flights from Houston or Los Angeles to the airport in Querétaro or for Europeans to make connecting flights through Cancun Airport to the Querétaro Airport.

Instructions on how to arrive to the UNAM campus Juriquilla (only in spanish).
link: http://www.geociencias.unam.mx/geociencias/ubica/indice.html

Shuttle service between hotels and conference center will be available to participants and accompanying persons. A hotel listing will be sent with the Second Circular.