Tools and Methods for Land-Subsidence Studies
This one-day, classroom-format technical workshop will cover tools and methods for studies of land subsidence that commonly occurs in the Southwest as a result of groundwater extraction. The focus is on understanding and predicting subsidence at the basin scale. Topics will include:
- An overview of the occurrence of land subsidence in the Southwest
- The International Land Subsidence Database
- Understanding INSAR for water-resources applications
- Theory of aquifer-system compaction
- Analysis of extensometer records
- Developing data sets for quantitative subsidence studies
- Simulation of aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence with MODFLOW
Instructors from the U.S. Geological Survey are Stan Leake of the Arizona Water Science Center; Randy Hanson, Gerald Bawden, and Michelle Sneed of the California Water Science Center; and Devin Galloway and Keith Prince of the Western Regional office. Muniram Budhu, Director of the Arizona Geohazards Research Center at the University of Arizona, and Mike Carpenter will also be instructors.
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 29, 2007, 8:00 AM - 5:00
PM
Location: Westin La Paloma, meeting room TBA
Cost: $90, or $70 w/2-day symposium registration (symposium
registration not required to attend workshop)
Provided: Lunch, breaks, handouts, networking
Registration deadline: August 1. Workshop will be canceled
(and refunds issued) if minimum number of registrants is not met by this date.
Maximum number of attendees: 35