The Correlation between Current Land Subsidence and Groundwater Levels in Montgomery County, Texas

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dc.contributor.advisorWang, Guoquan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSun, Jiajia
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMayerich, David
dc.creatorZhou, Fanbo
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-18T17:17:00Z
dc.date.available2020-12-18T17:17:00Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2020
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2020
dc.date.updated2020-12-18T17:17:02Z
dc.description.abstractHouston, a city in Texas, has been affected by land subsidence for nearly a century. Houston and its surrounding areas have been suffering damage associated with faulting and land subsidence severely. In recent years, due to the implemented groundwater regulations, the overall land subsidence rate in the southeastern regions of the Houston metro area has been decreased. However, moderate subsidence (1 to 2 cm /year) is still ongoing in the northern and northwestern regions. Montgomery County is one of the northern areas suffering from infrastructure damages affected by land subsidence. Land subsidence in this region is caused by the overuse of groundwater in Jasper and Evangeline aquifers. This study investigated the vertical ground deformations that are recorded by the Global Positioning System (GPS) and groundwater levels data within Montgomery County. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LS- GCD), Harris Galveston Subsidence District (HGSD), The University of Houston (UH), and other local agents have been continuously monitoring groundwater and land subsidence for over ten years. By processing USGS groundwater monitoring data and permanent GPS data, this study researched on the correlation between water levels of groundwater and land subsidence. GPS stations recorded land subsidence rates and provided basic information for predicting future land subsidence, which is crucial to better adjust groundwater regulations in the future.
dc.description.departmentEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/7273
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectsubsidence, groundwater, Montgomery
dc.titleThe Correlation between Current Land Subsidence and Groundwater Levels in Montgomery County, Texas
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
thesis.degree.departmentEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineGeophysics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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