| Session Details | |
| Section | SE - Solid Earth Sciences |
| Session Title | Earthquake Hydrology and Hydroseismology |
| Main Convener | Dr. Wen-Chi Lai (ChengKung University, Taiwan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Fuqiong Huang (China Earthquake Network Center, China) Dr. Yasuyuki Kano (Kyoto University, Japan) |
| Session Description | Changes in groundwater levels, stream flow, anomalous fluid chemistry, and elevated temperatures of groundwater have been observed before and/or after earthquakes in seismically active areas. The processes of groundwater responsible for the observed anomalies before/during/after earthquakes 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 mechanisms, predicting earthquakes, reduction of earthquake-related hydrological and geochemical hazards. This interdisciplinary session involves hydrology, geochemistry, geology, geodesy and seismology 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. 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 (5) Hydrological, geochemical and geophyscial features in the active fault regions |