Correlation between groundwater level and altitude variations in land subsidence area of the Choshuichi Alluvial Fan, Taiwan

Engineering Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 122-131

  Chen, Chieh Hung ^a   Wang, Chung Ho ^a   Hsu, Ya Ju ^a   Yu, Shui Beih ^a   Kuo, Long Chen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Global Positioning System (GPS); Groundwater level; Land subsidence

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; ALTITUDE VARIATION; BUILDING DAMAGE; DROUGHT PERIODS; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER LEVEL VARIATION; HIGH-DENSITY ARRAYS; LAND SUBSIDENCE; LAND SURFACE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LONG TERM; PERMANENT DAMAGE; PROMINENT FEATURES; VERTICAL COMPONENT; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SUBSIDENCE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL FAN; AQUIFER; CORRELATION; GPS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND SURFACE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; WATER LEVEL;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77955776164     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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