On the potential of time series InSAR for subsidence and ground rupture evaluation: application to Texcoco and Cuautitlan–Pachuca subbasins, northern Valley of Mexico

Siles, Gabriela; Alcérreca‐Huerta, Juan Carlos; López-Quiroz, Penélope; Hernández, Jaime Carrera

doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1894-4

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“…In this area, a number of InSAR based studies discussed the notable deformation patterns and rates observed, their relationship with intensive groundwater pumping and drawdown of the piezometric levels (e.g., up to 8-10 m drop recorded between 2006-2011 in this area, see Figure 5f) [82] and induced compaction of the thick layer of clay-rich deposits of former lakes Texcoco and Xaltocan (e.g., [8,9,12,16,[83][84][85][86][87]). Figure 3 shows that the aquifers encompassed by this subsiding area were all classified as overexploited in 2011, as they also were in the preceding decade.…”

Section: Eastern Mexico City Metropolitan Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

Wide-Area InSAR Survey of Surface Deformation in Urban Areas and Geothermal Fields in the Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico

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This paper provides the first wide-area Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) survey of the whole eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (42,200 km2). The aims are to identify ground deformation hotspots within major urbanized areas and rural valleys, establish baselines in geothermal exploration sites, and analyze deformation at geothermal exploitation sites and its relationship with energy production. The whole 2003–2010 ENVISAT C-band SAR archive available over the region was processed with the Small BAseline Subset (SBAS) InSAR method to retrieve over 840,000 coherent targets and estimate their ground displacement rates and time series. Land subsidence hotspots due to aquifer drawdown are found within the city of Puebla (up to −53 mm/year vertical rates, groundwater pumping for industrial use), Tlaxcala and Apizaco (−17 mm/year, industrial and public), the valley of Tecamachalco (−22 mm/year, agricultural), Tulancingo (−55 mm/year, public, industrial and agricultural), and in the eastern Mexico City metropolitan area (−44 mm/year, agricultural). The baseline for the Acoculco caldera complex shows widespread ground stability. Conversely, localized subsidence patterns of −5 to −10 mm/year exist around Las Derrumbadas and Cerro Pinto in the Serdán-Oriental basin, due to intense groundwater pumping for agriculture. A well-defined land subsidence area with −11 mm/year maximum rates is found at Los Humeros volcanic complex within Los Potreros collapse, correlating well with energy production infrastructure location and historical steam production rates. Field surveys carried out in Acoculco and Los Humeros in 2018 provide supporting evidence for the identification of hydrothermal manifestations, and understanding of the landscape and surface deformation patterns within the geothermal fields.

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Section: Eastern Mexico City Metropolitan Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

Wide-Area InSAR Survey of Surface Deformation in Urban Areas and Geothermal Fields in the Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico

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“…These investigations confirm that land subsidence is nowadays one of the challenging issues that need to be addressed in many countries, including Italy (Stramondo et al 2008;Raspini et al 2012;Solari et al 2016), Greece (Loupasakis and Rozos 2009;Stiros 2001), Spain (Herrera et al 2009;Tomás et al 2014), Mexico (Osmanoglu et al 2011;Chaussard et al 2014;Siles et al 2015), Japan (Hayashia et al 2009), USA (Amelung et al 1999;Galloway et al 1998;Buckley et al 2003), Taiwan (Hung et al 2010), Indonesia (Chaussard et al 2013), China (Hu et al 2004;Zhang et al 2015;Yang et al 2015), India (Marfai and King 2007) and Iran (Motagh et al 2007), just to mention few examples of areas where subsidence has been identified and monitored. Gambolati et al (2005) and Galloway and Burbey (2011) present excellent reviews of occurrence, measurement, remediation and mechanical models of the ground subsidence induced by the extraction of subsurface fluids (groundwater, oil and gas).…”

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Advanced interpretation of interferometric SAR data to detect, monitor and model ground subsidence: outcomes from the ESA-GMES Terrafirma project

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Land subsidence is a common natural hazard striking extensive areas worldwide, with severe impacts on economy and environment. Subsidence has been recognized as one of geohazards needing research efforts and knowledge transfer at international level, especially when urban fabrics and infrastructures are directly involved in the land settling. Policies and solutions for land subsidence management can be different. Despite this variability, where mitigation methods need to be adopted, mapping, monitoring and simulation of subsidence have to precede their design and implementation. In this framework, Earth Observation (EO) and remote sensing have a major role to play. Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, thanks to its wide spatial coverage and its millimeter accuracy, provides a valuable contribution in the management of hazard posed by subsidence-related deformation. The ESA-GMES Terrafirma project (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014) has worked for the promotion of the persistent scatterer interferometry, a family of techniques ideally suited for the assessment of magnitude of surface deformations associated with subsidence phenomena. Within the Terrafirma Project a series of products, based on the integration of EO technologies and in situ data, has been established and delivered to a wide community of end user. Three case studies, outcomes of the Terrafirma project, are presented: the wide area of Rome (Italy), the Anthemountas basin and the Kalochori village (Greece). These case studies have been selected with the purpose of showing the essential contribution of interferometric data during the main activities that must be covered when dealing with geohazard investigations (i.e., mapping, monitoring and modeling). These three case studies are meant to be representative of the suite of services delivered by the Terrafirma project to specific end users with the legal mandated to manage the geohazard.

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“…In fact, the largest drawdown rates in the Basin are registered in Ecatepec , north of Mexico City (in the State of Mexico). The subsidence rate in this region was recently estimated to be close to 27 cm/year for the 2002–2010 period—yielding a total accumulated subsidence of 2.1 m.…”

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A tale of Mexico's most exploited—and connected—watersheds: the Basin of Mexico and the Lerma‐Chapala Basin

Carrera-Hernández

2017

WIREs Water

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Water management policies and their impacts for both the Basin of Mexico and the Lerma-Chapala basin-where nearly 25% of Mexico's inhabitants are found-are described. This work shows that the prevailing water management policy has been the augmentation of water supply and neither policies have focused on water savings nor management of water demand. The effects of the large extraction rates on both basins have caused drying-up of streams due to drawdown rates that reach 2.5 m/year with an associated land subsidence in different cities in these basins. Water management in Mexico needs to change from a water supply approach to a water efficiency approach, where water needs to be efficiently used. Water management will only improve when policies consider both technical and social perspectives.

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On the potential of time series InSAR for subsidence and ground rupture evaluation: application to Texcoco and Cuautitlan–Pachuca subbasins, northern Valley of Mexico

Cited by 12 publications

References 32 publications

Wide-Area InSAR Survey of Surface Deformation in Urban Areas and Geothermal Fields in the Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico

Wide-Area InSAR Survey of Surface Deformation in Urban Areas and Geothermal Fields in the Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico

Advanced interpretation of interferometric SAR data to detect, monitor and model ground subsidence: outcomes from the ESA-GMES Terrafirma project

A tale of Mexico's most exploited—and connected—watersheds: the Basin of Mexico and the Lerma‐Chapala Basin

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