| Session Details | |
| Section | SE - Solid Earth Sciences |
| Session Title | Earthquake Hydrology Geochemistry and Hydroseismology |
| Main Convener | Prof. Fuqiong Huang (China Earthquake Network Center, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Narayan Prasad Dewangan (Sarguja University, India) Prof. Kuofong MA (TaiPei University, Taiwan) Dr. Yasuyuki Kano (Kyoto University, Japan) Mr. Bhaskar Chandrakar (Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU), India) |
| Session Description | Changes in groundwater levels, stream flow, anomalous water chemistry, and elevated temperatures have been observed before and after earthquakes in seismically active areas. Reservoir induced earthquakes (RIE) have been reported though the large reservoirs had been built in low seismic area. The processes of groundwater’s responsible for the observed anomalies and RIE for impounding water 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 in recognizing earthquake precursors, predicting aftershocks, and lessening devastating consequences of earthquakes. This session involves the interdisciplinary of hydrology, chemistry and seismology and aims at providing an forum to exchange research ideas and results related to physical and chemical processes of fluid flow in seismically active areas in either 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 not limited to, (1) Reviews and new definitions for earthquake hydrology, geochemistry and hydroseismology (2) Field observations and site-specific studies (3) Experiments and theoretical or numerical modeling of the coupled processes (4) The pre-seismic, Co-seismic and post-seismic changes observed in hydrological and chemical approaches during the destructive earthquakes occurred recently in Asia-Oceania area and/or even in all over the world. (5)Causes of Reservoir induced seismicity (6)Artificial seismic response generation to release high pore pressure deep beneath the rocks (7)Case studies of the earthquakes which may have been resulted due to construction of large dams (8)Loosening of frictional grip in faults interfaces due to water seeping into the surface |