Groundwater response to oil storage in large-scale rock caverns with a water curtain system: Site monitoring and statistical analysis

• Published in: Tunnelling and underground space technology Vol. 99; p. 103363
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhechao, Li, Wei, Li, Zhe, Liu, Xiaoliang, Liang, Jianyi, Zhong, Shengran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Caverns; Containment; Containment property; Correlation analysis; Correlation coefficients; Groundwater; Groundwater flow; Groundwater levels; Groundwater response; Hydrogeology; Monitoring; Monitoring systems; Pressure; Rainfall; Rock masses; Site monitoring; Statistical analysis; Storage; Underground oil storage caverns; Underground storage; Water curtain system; Groundwater response; Water curtain system; Containment property; Site monitoring; Underground oil storage caverns; Statistical analysis

Site monitoring provides not only critical information for the safe operation of underground facilities but also important data for characterizing the groundwater flow within heterogeneous rock masses. Site monitoring and statistical analysis were performed to ascertain the groundwater response to o...