Erratum to: Bull Eng Geol Environ (2013) 72:37–59 DOI 10.1007/s10064-013-0458-7

The Editor of the journal would like to correct the errors in the original publication as specified below:

The corrected Fig. 22 is given opposite:

Fig. 22
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Variations in volumetric moisture content with depth in open ground and close to trees during the dry period in the late 1980s/early 1990s (modified from Freeman et al. 1992a)

The caption of Fig. 23 should read:

Comparison between groundwater level in the summer and winter of 1991 with distance from a mature oak tree on the Oxford Clay at Melksham.

The caption of Fig. 24 should read:

Schematic representation of the different effects of drought on grassland areas on the sunny/shaded sides of a house.

The caption of Fig. 25 should read:

Temperature, soil moisture deficit, ground movement and fracture rate for a pipeline experiment undertaken in the Kimmeridge Clay at Swindon (modified from Owen et al. 1992).