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JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS
Volume 70, Issue -, Pages 28-35Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2013.06.003
Keywords
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Interferometric SAR (InSAR); Subsidence; Taiyuan faulted basin
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- Chang'an University (Xi'an, China) through Natural Science Foundation of China projects (NSFC) [40802075, 41072266, 41274005, 41202189]
- Ministry of Land & Resources (China) [1212011220142, 1212010914015]
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China) through Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong [PolyU5154/10E, PolyU5146/11E]
- [LAN0559]
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C-, L- and X-bands Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images acquired from November 2006 to June 2011 were processed with Small BAseline Subset DInSAR (SBAS-DInSAR) technique to investigate spatial and temporal variations in deformation over Taiyuan basin, China. The annual deformation rate, created by integrating C-, L- and X-bands interferograms, revealed severe subsidence regions in the basin, where the average subsidence exceeded 10 cm/y and the maximum subsidence reached to 24 cm/y. Meanwhile, it was found that shapes of these subsidence areas were characterized as either subsiding bowls or elongated subsiding belts, implying an intimate connection among groundwater exploration, ground subsidence and faults. Additionally, significant differences in displacement were identified near the faults. This phenomenon could be explained that faults acted as barriers to groundwater flow, impeding the horizontal propagation of fluid-pressure changes and therefore creating groundwater level difference across them. Furthermore, the time series of deformation maps presented inconspicuous nonlinear periodic variations, which might be caused by the seasonal groundwater level fluctuations. In view of the poor water resource and presented features of subsidence over the study area, we deduced that excessive pumping of groundwater was the dominant process driving land subsidence. Our results could provide scientific evidence on a sound management of ground water pumping to mitigate potential damages on infrastructures and environments. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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