Understanding the effects of subsidence on unconfined aquifer parameters by integration of Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) and Genetic Algorithm (GA)

• Published in: Natural hazards (Dordrecht) Vol. 115; no. 2; pp. 1571 - 1600
• Main Authors: Yousefi, Roghayeh, Talebbeydokhti, Nasser, Afzali, Seyyed Hosein, Dehghani, Maryam, Hekmatzadeh, Ali Akbar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.01.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Aquifer systems; Aquifers; Civil Engineering; Compaction; Compressibility; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Management; Exploitation; Future water resources; Genetic algorithms; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Groundwater; Groundwater flow; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrogeology; Interferometric synthetic aperture radar; Interferometry; Land subsidence; Mathematical models; Modelling; Natural Hazards; Original Paper; Parameters; Process parameters; SAR (radar); Specific yield; Subsidence; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry; Unconfined aquifers; Water resources; Water resources planning; Iran; Inverse solution; Unconfined aquifer parameters; Subsidence; Lattice Boltzmann method; Genetic algorithm; Groundwater flow

Excessive exploitation of groundwater has hitherto led to a significant land subsidence in a considerable number of plains in Iran. The compaction of aquifer layers ends up with changes in aquifer parameters, including hydraulic conductivity ( K x ), specific yield ( S y ), and compressibility ( α )...