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  • Hydrogeology
  • Geophysics

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  • Pore pressure changes in confined aquifers can induce measurable surface deformation.
  • Accurate modeling of this phenomenon is crucial for understanding subsurface fluid dynamics and their surface impacts.
  • Geodetic techniques offer precise methods for observing surface deformation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a simple, computationally efficient relation between pore pressure change and one-dimensional surface deformation in confined aquifers.
  • To enable the comparison of modeled surface deformation with geodetically observed data.
  • To provide a method for constraining groundwater model parameters using surface deformation observations.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a mathematical relation connecting pore pressure variations to surface deformation.

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  • Applied the relation to groundwater models of arbitrary discretization.
  • Utilized Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) for observing surface deformation.
  • Constrained model parameters by comparing modeled and observed surface deformation.

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated a straightforward relationship between pore pressure changes and surface deformation.
    • Showcased the applicability of the relation across various groundwater model discretizations.
    • Validated the method by successfully constraining model parameters for surface uplift caused by wastewater injection.

    Conclusions:

    • The presented relation offers a computationally efficient tool for linking subsurface pore pressure changes to surface deformation.
    • This approach facilitates robust calibration of groundwater models by integrating geodetic observational data.
    • The method is effective in refining model parameters, as evidenced by its application to wastewater disposal scenarios.