| Session Details | |
| Section | SE - Solid Earth Sciences |
| Session Title | Earthquake Hydrology and Hydroseismology |
| Main Convener | Dr. Yasuyuki Kano (Kyoto University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Mr. Wen-Chi Lai (ChengKung University, Taiwan) Prof. Fuqiong Huang (China Earthquake Network Center, China) |
| Session Description | Changes in groundwater levels, stream flow, anomalous water chemistry, and elevated temperatures of groundwater have been observed before and/or after earthquakes in seismically active areas. Reservoir induced earthquakes (RIE) have been reported for large reservoirs even in low seismic area. The processes of groundwater responsible for the observed anomalies before/during/after earthquakes and RIE are complex, involving interactions among crustal deformation, seismic shaking, permeability enhancement, fluid flow, chemical transport, and heat transfer. Understanding these coupled processes is of great interest and importance to continuing efforts for recognizing earthquake precursors, predicting aftershocks, reduction of devastating consequences of earthquakes, and other issues related to reservoirs and human activities. This interdisciplinary session involves hydrology, seismology, geodesy and geomechanics with the aim of providing a forum to exchange research ideas and results related to physical and chemical processes of fluid flow in seismically active areas, for terrestrial or marine settings, and areas with large reservoirs. Sharing information and field observations at the forum will greatly promote interdisciplinary research and help to efficiently utilize existing data from many different regions. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, (1) Reviews and new definitions for earthquake hydrology and hydroseismology (2) Field observations and site-specific studies (3) Experiments and theoretical or numerical modeling of the coupled processes (4) Hydrological changes before/during/after recent large earthquakes, especially in the Sichuan and surrounding areas (5) The characteristics and the process of prediction of hydrologically induced seismicity |