Time-lapse gravity and levelling surveys reveal mass loss and ongoing subsidence in the urban subrosion-prone area  of Bad Frankenhausen, Germany

Kobe, Martin; Gabriel, Gerald; Weise, Adelheid; Vogel, Detlef

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-599-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-599-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-599-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

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13 May 2019

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Time-lapse gravity and levelling surveys reveal mass loss and ongoing subsidence in the urban subrosion-prone area of Bad Frankenhausen, Germany

Martin Kobe, Gerald Gabriel, Adelheid Weise, and Detlef Vogel

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Short review', Lev Eppelbaum, 22 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to the review of Lev Eppelbaum', Martin Kobe, 01 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Short Review', Carla Braitenberg, 30 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to the review of Carla Braitenberg', Martin Kobe, 01 Feb 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Martin Kobe on behalf of the Authors (03 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Mar 2019) by Ulrike Werban

ED: Publish as is (25 Mar 2019) by Susanne Buiter (Executive editor)

AR by Martin Kobe on behalf of the Authors (01 Apr 2019)

Short summary

Subrosion, i.e. the underground leaching of soluble rocks, causes disastrous sinkhole events worldwide. We investigate the accompanying mass transfer using quarter-yearly time-lapse gravity campaigns over 4 years in the town of Bad Frankenhausen, Germany. After correcting for seasonal soil water content, we find evidence of underground mass loss and attempt to quantify its amount. This is the first study of its kind to prove the feasibility of this approach in an urban area.