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CONSEQUENCE AFFAISSEMENT SOL [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Tectonics
CONT

Subsidence effects and habitat offsets. Environment Canada considered extraction-induced subsidence to be the greatest long-term impact within [Kendall Island bird sanctuary], with the major concern being the loss of terrestrial habitat due to inundation or increased periodic flooding that would interfere with migratory bird use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Tectonique
CONT

Conséquences d'un affaissement du sol et mesures de compensation pour la perte d'habitat. Environnement Canada a estimé que l'affaissement du sol causépar l'extraction était la plus grande incidence à long terme dans le [refuge d'oiseaux de l’île Kendall], et que la principale préoccupation était la perte d'habitat terrestre en raison des inondations, ou d'inondations périodiques accrues, qui pourraient interférer avec l'utilisation de l'habitat par les oiseaux migrateurs.

Spanish

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