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Subsidence related to groundwater pumping for breweries in Merchtem area (Belgium), highlighted by Persistent Scaterrer Interferometry

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  • Pierre-Yves Declercq
  • Pierre Gerard
  • Eric Pirard
  • Daniele Perissin
  • Jan Walstra
  • Xavier Devleeschouwer

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ERS, ENVISAT and TerraSAR-X Synthetic Aperture Radar scenes covering the time span 1992–2014 were processed using a Persistent Scatterer technique to study the ground movements in Merchtem (25 km NW of Brussels, Belgium). The processed datasets, covering three consecutive time intervals, reveal that the investigated area is affected by a global subsidence trend related to the extraction of groundwater in the deeper Cambro-Silurian aquifer. Through time the subsidence pattern is reduced and replaced by an uplift related to the rising water table attested by piezometers located in this aquifer. The subsidence is finally reduced to a zone where currently three breweries are very active and pump groundwater in the Ledo-Paniselian aquifer and in the Cambro-Silurian for process water for the production.

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  • Pierre-Yves Declercq & Pierre Gerard & Eric Pirard & Daniele Perissin & Jan Walstra & Xavier Devleeschouwer, 2017. "Subsidence related to groundwater pumping for breweries in Merchtem area (Belgium), highlighted by Persistent Scaterrer Interferometry," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/261783, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  • Handle: RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/261783
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    Keywords

    Groundwater pumping; InSAR; PSInSAR; Subsidence; Uplift;
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