Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5771351 | Journal of Hydrology | 2017 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Groundwater is a necessary and indispensable resource in the gradual depletion of the amount in the world. Groundwater storage is an important indicator to evaluate the capability of volume of water can be released from the aquifer. This research highlights a new assessment to infer the storage of aquifer using earthquakes activated around East Asia and the ring of fire at West Pacific Ocean. Ten significant seismic events are used to evaluate the groundwater storage at an observation station. By analyzing the spectra of groundwater level and seismogram, it is evident that the period varied in 7-25Â s of Rayleigh waves significantly dominate propagation from the epicenter of earthquakes to the observation station. The storage coefficient is then shown in the order of 10â4-10â3. The major innovation of this study suggests that to concretely deduce the groundwater storage by earthquake activity has become feasible.
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Authors
David Ching-Fang Shih,