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In situ estimation of subsurface hydro-geomechanical properties using the groundwater response to semi-diurnal Earth and atmospheric tides
Gabriel C. Rau
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School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Timothy C. McMillan
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
School of Mineral and Energy Resource Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Martin S. Andersen
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Wendy A. Timms
School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia
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Short summary
This work develops and applies a new method to estimate hydraulic and geomechanical subsurface properties in situ using standard groundwater and atmospheric pressure records. The estimated properties comply with expected values except for the Poisson ratio, which we attribute to the investigated scale and conditions. Our new approach can be used to cost-effectively investigate the subsurface using standard monitoring datasets.
This work develops and applies a new method to estimate hydraulic and geomechanical subsurface...
