Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3516403m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 16, CiteID L16403
Physics
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Hydrology: Remote Sensing (1640), Geodesy And Gravity: Non-Tectonic Deformation, Hydrology: Reservoirs (Surface), Geodesy And Gravity: Space Geodetic Surveys
Scientific paper
The increasing demands upon groundwater resources due to expanding metropolitan and agricultural areas are a serious challenge, particularly in semiarid and arid regions. In Iran, decades of unrestrained groundwater extraction for domestic, agricultural, and industrial use have resulted in a precipitous depletion of this valuable resource. Here we show that the decline in groundwater levels is associated with land-surface deformation on local and regional scales. Combining water-level data with satellite radar observations provides evidence for the prevalence of compacting aquifers in the country. Groundwater level decline is often associated with destruction of the aquifers, which appears to be a common problem in the groundwater basins of central and northeast Iran. Global warming and future climate change will affect arid and semiarid areas in the coming decades, further augmenting hazards associated with groundwater-induced land subsidence.
Anderssohn Jan
Fielding Eric
Motagh Mahdi
Schenk Andreas
Sharifi Mohammad Ali
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