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Geohazard: Giant sinkholes near West Texas oil patch towns are growing -- as new ones lurk

Science Daily   15 June 2016   USA   Texas  

Two giant sinkholes that sit between two West Texas oil patch towns are growing -- and two new ones appear to be lurking, say geophysicists. Satellite radar images reveal substantial ground movement in and around the infamous sinkholes near Wink, Texas -- suggesting expansion of the two existing holes, with subsidence in two other nearby areas suggesting new ones may surface.

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