Utilizing the impact of Earth and atmospheric tides on groundwater systems: A review reveals the future potential

TC McMillan, GC Rau, WA Timms… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater extraction is increasing rapidly in many areas of the world, causing serious
impacts such as falling water tables, ground surface subsidence, water quality degradation …

A review of specific storage in aquifers

X Kuang, JJ Jiao, C Zheng, JA Cherry, H Li - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Specific storage, which represents the aquifer's capacity to release water from or take into
storage when water level changes, is an important aquifer property required for transient …

MEMS technology and applications in geotechnical monitoring: a review

M Barzegar, S Blanks, BA Sainsbury… - Measurement Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In-situ monitoring is an important aspect of geotechnical projects to ensure safety and
optimise design measures. However, existing conventional monitoring instruments are …

Error in hydraulic head and gradient time-series measurements: a quantitative appraisal

GC Rau, VEA Post, M Shanafield… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Hydraulic head and gradient measurements underpin practically all investigations in
hydrogeology. There is sufficient information in the literature to suggest that head …

Multifactor analysis of specific storage estimates and implications for transient groundwater modelling

F Chowdhury, J Gong, GC Rau, WA Timms - Hydrogeology Journal, 2022 - Springer
Specific storage (SS) has considerable predictive importance in the modelling of
groundwater systems, yet little is known about its statistical distribution and dependency on …

Estimating hydraulic properties of the shallow subsurface using the groundwater response to Earth and atmospheric tides: A comparison with pum** tests

R Valois, GC Rau, JM Vouillamoz… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating subsurface hydraulic properties using the groundwater (GW) response to Earth
tides (ET) and atmospheric pressure is an alternative approach to pum** or slug tests …

Earthquakes and heavy rainfall influence on aquifer properties: A new coupled Earth and barometric tidal response model in a confined bi‐layer aquifer

A Thomas, J Fortin, B Vittecoq… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Among the impacts of earthquakes on aquifers, permeability change is one of the most
challenging to quantify, since techniques to measure permeability evolution are scarce. The …

Future-proofing hydrogeology by revising groundwater monitoring practice

GC Rau, MO Cuthbert, VEA Post, D Schweizer… - 2020 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
Groundwater is an important global resource and its sustainable use faces major
challenges. New methods and advances in computational science could lead to much …

Comparing methods of barometric efficiency characterization for specific storage estimation

C Turnadge, RS Crosbie, O Barron, GC Rau - Groundwater, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater responses to barometric pressure fluctuations are characterized using the
concept of barometric efficiency (BE). For semiconfined and confined aquifers, BE values …

Comparing methods and defining practical requirements for extracting harmonic tidal components from groundwater level measurements

D Schweizer, V Ried, GC Rau, JE Tuck… - Mathematical …, 2021 - Springer
The groundwater pressure response to the ubiquitous Earth and atmospheric tides provides
a largely untapped opportunity to passively characterize and quantify subsurface hydro …