The role of faulting on surface deformation patterns from pumping-induced groundwater flow (Las Vegas Valley, USA)

Hernández-Marı́n, Martı́n; Burbey, Thomas J.

doi:10.1007/s10040-009-0501-8

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“…The most comprehensive use of InSAR in hydrogeology is its integration in flow model calibration (e.g., Hoffmann et al ; Yan and Burbey ; Siade et al ). More recently, InSAR‐derived ground displacement mapping has been used to (1) estimate storage change within a well‐known lithological context (e.g., Chaussard et al ); (2) improve lithological knowledge and define specific geological structures such as fractures (e.g., Hernandez‐Marin and Burbey ; Xu et al ; Zhang et al ; Castellazzi et al ); (3) predict future land subsidence rates (e.g., Calderhead et al ); and (4) infer changes in hydraulic head after a calibration period relating ground and groundwater levels (Reeves et al ; Chaussard et al ).…”

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Assessing Groundwater Depletion and Dynamics Using GRACE and InSAR: Potential and Limitations

Castellazzi¹,

et al. 2016

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In the last decade, remote sensing of the temporal variation of ground level and gravity has improved our understanding of groundwater dynamics and storage. Mass changes are measured by GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellites, whereas ground deformation is measured by processing synthetic aperture radar satellites data using the InSAR (Interferometry of Synthetic Aperture Radar) techniques. Both methods are complementary and offer different sensitivities to aquifer system processes. GRACE is sensitive to mass changes over large spatial scales (more than 100,000 km 2 ). As such, it fails in providing groundwater storage change estimates at local or regional scales relevant to most aquifer systems, and at which most groundwater management schemes are applied. However, InSAR measures ground displacement due to aquifer response to fluid-pressure changes. InSAR applications to groundwater depletion assessments are limited to aquifer systems susceptible to measurable deformation. Furthermore, the inversion of InSAR-derived displacement maps into volume of depleted groundwater storage (both reversible and largely irreversible) is confounded by vertical and horizontal variability of sediment compressibility. During the last decade, both techniques have shown increasing interest in the scientific community to complement available in situ observations where they are insufficient. In this review, we present the theoretical and conceptual bases of each method, and present idealized scenarios to highlight the potential benefits and challenges of combining these techniques to remotely assess groundwater storage changes and other aspects of the dynamics of aquifer systems.

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Assessing Groundwater Depletion and Dynamics Using GRACE and InSAR: Potential and Limitations

Castellazzi¹,

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“…Earth fissures are failure planes that reveal themselves at the land surface. The fissures may initiate at the ground surface and propagate downwards or initiate at depth and propagate upwards (Hernandez-Marin and Burbey 2009;Budhu 2008). Therefore, the primary problems involved in earth fissure formation are stress-state changes in soils due to groundwater withdrawal, the initiation of failure planes in soils, and the further development of initial failure planes.…”

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Mechanisms for earth fissure formation due to groundwater extraction in the Su-Xi-Chang area, China

Zhang

Wang

Yuan

et al. 2015

Bull Eng Geol Environ

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Excessive groundwater withdrawal has caused many earth fissures in the cities of Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou (i.e., the Su-Xi-Chang area or ''SXC area'') in Jiangsu Province, China. The appearance of these fissures is closely associated with groundwater withdrawal both temporally and spatially. Based on field investigations, three models of the earth fissures in the SXC area were conceptualized. The changes in and distributions of normal and shear stress in hydrostratigraphic units due to groundwater extraction were analyzed numerically for each conceptualized model. Results from these numerical simulations indicated that geological conditions play a crucial role in the occurrence and distribution of earth fissures. Earth fissures are much more likely to initiate in areas where the depth of the bedrock below the ground surface is small, the thickness of the exploited aquifer unit changes abruptly, and the surface of the bedrock undulates dramatically. Earth fissures are also likely to occur in the vicinity of a distant restricted boundary. In addition, very stiff topsoil is more prone to cracking, and the locations of discharge wells also influence the occurrence of earth fissures.

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“…Such modeling approaches based on finite-element formulations of the Biot (1941) poroelastic coupled fluid flow and mechanical deformation are being used to address these local effects (e.g. Hernandez-Marin and Burbey, 2009). However, the application of these methods in hydrogeology is currently the subject of ongoing research and not widely accessible to hydrogeologists, costly in terms of commercial software procurement and computational burden, and generally inapplicable in current forms to complex heterogeneous regional groundwater flow problems.…”

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Analysis and simulation of regional subsidence accompanying groundwater abstraction and compaction of susceptible aquifer systems in the USA

Galloway

Sneed

2013

BSGM

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Regional aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence accompanying groundwater abstraction in susceptible aquifer systems in the USA is a challenge for managing groundwater resources and mitigating associated hazards. Developments in the assessment of regional subsidence provide more information to constrain analyses and simulation of aquifer-system compaction. Current popular approaches to simulating vertical aquifer-system deformation (compaction), such as those embodied in the aquitard drainage model and the MODFLOW subsidence packages, have proven useful from the perspective of regional groundwater resources assessment. However, these approaches inadequately address related local-scale hazards-ground ruptures and damages to engineered structures on the land surface arising from tensional stresses and strains accompanying groundwater abstraction. This paper presents a brief overview of the general approaches taken by the U.S. Geological Survey toward understanding aquifer-system compaction and subsidence with regard to a) identifying the affected aquifer systems; b) making regional assessments; c) analyzing the governing processes; and d) simulating historical and future groundwater flow and subsidence conditions. Limitations and shortcomings of these approaches, as well as future challenges also are discussed.Keywords: Subsidence, aquifer-system compaction, aquitard drainage, MODFLOW, poroelastic deformation. Resumen Es un gran reto, en los Estados

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The role of faulting on surface deformation patterns from pumping-induced groundwater flow (Las Vegas Valley, USA)

Cited by 21 publications

References 17 publications

Assessing Groundwater Depletion and Dynamics Using GRACE and InSAR: Potential and Limitations

Assessing Groundwater Depletion and Dynamics Using GRACE and InSAR: Potential and Limitations

Mechanisms for earth fissure formation due to groundwater extraction in the Su-Xi-Chang area, China

Analysis and simulation of regional subsidence accompanying groundwater abstraction and compaction of susceptible aquifer systems in the USA

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