Articles | Volume 27, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-401-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-401-2023
Research article
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19 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 19 Jan 2023

The origin of hydrological responses following earthquakes in a confined aquifer: insight from water level, flow rate, and temperature observations

Shouchuan Zhang, Zheming Shi, Guangcai Wang, Zuochen Zhang, and Huaming Guo

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We documented the step-like increases of water level, flow rate, and water temperatures in a confined aquifer following multiple earthquakes. By employing tidal analysis and a coupled temperature and flow rate model, we find that post-seismic vertical permeability changes and recharge model could explain the co-seismic response. And co-seismic temperature changes are caused by mixing of different volumes of water, with the mixing ratio varying according to each earthquake.