Baytown, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Geology === The land beneath Baytown consists of layers of sand and clay to great depths. These layers were created by millennia of river-borne [[sediment]]s which gradually incorporated plant and animal matter, creating the petroleum deposits for which the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]] is now known.<ref>{{cite web|author=Vipulanandan, C. |url=http://cigmat.cive.uh.edu/CIGMAT%20Conference/CIGMAT-08/Present%2008/C.Vipu.pdf |title=Geotechnical Engineering Challengers in the Houston Area |publisher=CIGMAT-2008 Conference & Exhibition |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625075122/http://cigmat.cive.uh.edu/CIGMAT%20Conference/CIGMAT-08/Present%2008/C.Vipu.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref> The region around the city has numerous [[Fault (geology)|faults]], many considered active, but none have produced significant earthquakes in recorded history.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/eq/faq/tx.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020209050102/http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/eq/faq/tx.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2002-02-09 | title=Texas Earthquakes | publisher=University of Texas Institute for Geophysics |date=July 2001 | access-date=August 29, 2007}}</ref> These faults tend to move at a smooth rate in what is termed "[[Aseismic creep|fault creep]]", which reduces the risk of an earthquake.<ref name="USGS_Subsidence_Fault_Creep" /> The one significant earthquake that has been reported in the area was the result of an underground water and petroleum extraction.<ref name="Garcia">Garcia, T.D. "Subsidence and Surface Faulting at San Jacinto Monument, Goose Creek Oil Field, and Baytown, Texas". ''Field Trip Guidebook on Environmental Impact of Clays along the Upper Texas Coast. Prepared by Theron D. Garcia, Douglas W. Ming, and Lisa Kay Tuck for the Clay Minerals Society, 28th Annual Meeting. Held October 5β10, 1991, in Houston, TX.'' pp. A33-A44. Hosted with National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, and the Lunar and Planetary Institute.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page