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Water Resource Development in the Quaternary Ryukyu Limestone Regions of Japan: Application of the GIS to the Site Selection of Underground Dams
Author(s) -
JIANG Kaijun,
FURUKAWA Hiroyasu,
ONOYAMA Yuji,
ESAKI Testuro,
Xinzhu Edited By Liu
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2001.tb00528.x
Subject(s) - hydrogeology , aquifer , site selection , quaternary , groundwater , resource (disambiguation) , geology , natural (archaeology) , groundwater resources , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering , paleontology , computer network , political science , law , computer science
Based on the natural and social conditions as well as hydrogeological characteristics of the Ryukyu limestone, a major aquifer in the Ryukyu Islands, a conception of underground dam, was proposed in the early 1970s in order to develop ground water resources in the Quaternary Ryukyu limestone regions of Japan. The practice of nearly thirty years has shown that the underground dam is an environment‐friendly and effective way for developing ground water in these regions. To further improve the technology associated with underground dam, the authors introduced related analytic methods. The application of the geographical information system technology to site selection of the underground dam is reported in this paper.