The origin of artesian pressure

Russell, William Low

doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.23.2.132

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“…He recognized that water withdrawn from storage was released by compression of the aquifer and by expansion of the water and that reduction of storage (compression) may be permanent (anelastic) as well as elastic. In the same year, Russell [1928] estimated that the anthropogenic subsidence of the land surface in eastern South Dakota due to the artesian head decline was at least 5 cm. Quite interestingly, he made this estimate without direct measurements of the settlement or calculation of the aquifer compaction.…”

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Geomechanics of subsurface water withdrawal and injection

Gambolati

Teatini

2015

Water Resources Research

127

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Land subsidence and uplift, ground ruptures, and induced seismicity are the principal geomechanic effects of groundwater withdrawal and injection. The major environmental consequence of groundwater pumping is anthropogenic land subsidence. The first observation concerning land settlement linked to subsurface processes was made in 1926 by the American geologists Pratt and Johnson, who wrote that ''the cause of subsidence is to be found in the extensive extraction of fluid from beneath the affected area.'' Since then, impressive progress has been made in terms of: (a) recognizing the basic hydrologic and geomechanic principles underlying the occurrence; (b) measuring aquifer compaction and ground displacements, both vertical and horizontal; (c) modeling and predicting the past and future event; and (d) mitigating environmental impact through aquifer recharge and/or surface water injection. The first milestone in the theory of pumped aquifer consolidation was reached in 1923 by Terzaghi, who introduced the principle of ''effective intergranular stress.'' In the early 1970s, the emerging computer technology facilitated development of the first mathematical model of the subsidence of Venice, made by Gambolati and Freeze. Since then, the comprehension, measuring, and simulation of the occurrence have improved dramatically. More challenging today are the issues of ground ruptures and induced/ triggered seismicity, which call for a shift from the classical continuum approach to discontinuous mechanics. Although well known for decades, anthropogenic land subsidence is still threatening large urban centers and deltaic areas worldwide, such as Bangkok, Jakarta, and Mexico City, at rates in the order of 10 cm/yr.

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Section: Historical Retrospectivementioning

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Geomechanics of subsurface water withdrawal and injection

Gambolati

Teatini

2015

Water Resources Research

127

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“…These ideas seem to have become lost in the intervening years. Russell (1928), following extensive stratigraphic study of the Dakota in the outcrop area in eastern South Dakota, questioned Darton's explanation of the artesian pressures. Russell pointed out that the sandstones which comprise the aquifer differ in age from the outcrops in the Black Hills.…”

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“…Thompson (1929) discussed both Meinzer's (1928) and Russell's (1928) papers and reiterated the importance of storage within the aquifer system. Some time later, J. P. Gries (1958), who contributed greatly to the present understanding of Dakota stratigraphy, discussed the problem.…”

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“…Tullis and others (1954) compiled all of the available published and unpublished water analyses for the State of South Dakota. There is no question that distinct patterns in the distribution of dissolved constituents exist in the Dakota water as Russell (1928), Swenson (1968), and others have indicated. The sulfate concentrations in the Dakota-Newcastle Sandstone are mapped in figure 25.…”

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