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Relationship between Horizontal Strain near a Well and Reverse Water Level Fluctuation
Author(s) -
Wolff Roger G.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr006i006p01721
Subject(s) - aquifer , artesian aquifer , pore water pressure , geology , compression (physics) , characterisation of pore space in soil , strain (injury) , geotechnical engineering , distortion (music) , tension (geology) , shear (geology) , groundwater , water level , soil science , materials science , petrology , porosity , composite material , medicine , amplifier , optoelectronics , cartography , cmos , geography
Measurements of radial surface strains near a pumping well showed compression near the well that changed to tension farther away from the well. A theoretical model is presented. In general, this model reproduces the measured strains. Observations of anomalous increase in pore pressure in a clay adjacent to the pumped aquifer are related to the development of these strains. These increases in pressure are attributed to distortion of the pore space in the clay resulting from the transference of horizontal strain from the aquifer via shear. Applying a conceptual model that permits the transference of strain across confining layers to unpumped artesian aquifers accounts for reverse water level fluctuations.