Proceedings of IAHS
Proceedings of IAHS
PIAHS
Articles | Volume 382
Articles | Volume 382
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-51-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-51-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 382
Pre-conference publication
 | 
22 Apr 2020
Pre-conference publication |  | 22 Apr 2020

Parameter estimation of a multiple aquifer-aquitard system from a single extensometer record: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Thomas J. Burbey

Related authors

Ongoing research on the pumping-induced land deformation in the Aguascalientes Valley: an analysis of the recent data of vertical deformation, groundwater level variations and local seismicity
Martin Hernandez-Marin, Ruben Esquivel-Ramirez, Mario Eduardo Zermeño-De-Leon, Lilia Guerrero-Martinez, Jesus Pacheco-Martinez, and Thomas J. Burbey
Proc. IAHS, 382, 99–102, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-99-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-99-2020, 2020
Short summary
Inverse modeling using PS-InSAR for improved calibration of hydraulic parameters and prediction of future subsidence for Las Vegas Valley, USA
T. J. Burbey and M. Zhang
Proc. IAHS, 372, 411–416, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-411-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-411-2015, 2015
Short summary

Cited articles

Bell, J. W., Amelung, F., Ramelli, A. R., and Blewitt, G.: Land subsidence in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1935–2000: New geodetic data show evolution, revised spatial patters, and reduced rates, Environ. Eng. Geosci., 8, 155–174, 2002. 
Burbey, T. J.:Pumpage and water-level change in the principal aquifer of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1980–90, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Information Report no. 34, 224 pp., 1995. 
Epstein, V. J.: Hydrologic and geologic factors affecting land subsidence near Eloy, Arizona, U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona, 28 pp., 1987. 
Hanson, R. T.: Aquifer-system compaction, Tucson Basin and Avra Valley, Arizona, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4172, U.S. Geological Survey, 69 pp., 1989. 
Heywood, C. E.: Summary of extensometric measurements in El Paso, Texas, Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4158, U.S. Geological Survey, 11 pp., 2003. 
More articles (5)
Download
Short summary
Water level and subsidence measurements from extensometers can be used to extract important hydraulic parameters of each aquifer in a multi-level aquifer system if cyclical pumping has occurred and water level data for each aquifer is available. Fourteen years of water-level and subsidence data are analyzed for Las Vegas Valley and data analysis of daily and seasonal pumping patterns allow for the calculation of hydraulic conductivity and elastic and inelastic storage properties of the aquifer.
Read more