Estimating land subsidence induced by groundwater extraction in unconfined aquifers using an influence function method

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Ren, G ^a   Buckeridge, J ^a   Li, J ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid withdrawal; Influence function; Land subsidence; Subsidence prediction; Water extraction

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; METHOD OF MOMENTS; STRAIN; WATER LEVELS;

FLUID WITHDRAWALS; INFLUENCE FUNCTIONS; LAND SUBSIDENCE; SUBSIDENCE PREDICTIONS; WATER EXTRACTION;

SUBSIDENCE;

EXTRACTION; MINING INDUSTRY; PUMPING; SUBSIDENCE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 84931028987     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000479     Document Type: Article

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