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Monitoring and Identification of Active Faults in Urban Areas Using MT-InSAR Technology—A Case of Houston Area, USA(PDF)

《地球科学与环境学报》[ISSN:1672-6561/CN:61-1423/P]

Issue:
2022年第04期
Page:
617-631
Research Field:
大地测量、遥感与地学大数据
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Title:
Monitoring and Identification of Active Faults in Urban Areas Using MT-InSAR Technology—A Case of Houston Area, USA
Author(s):
QU Fei-fei1;  YANG Cheng-sheng1; 2*;  ZHANG Qin1
(1. School of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, Shaanxi, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Earth Fissures Geological Disaster of Ministry of Natural Resources, Nanjing 210049, Jiangsu, China)
Keywords:
active fault;  fault monitoring;  fault identification;  ground deformation;  groundwater withdraw;  InSAR technology;  MT-InSAR technology;  USA
PACS:
P237
DOI:
10.19814/j.jese.2022.02021
Abstract:
Effectively locating and monitoring the active faults are vital for providing insights into disaster management, as well as preventing and mitigating faulting-related disasters. In order to position and monitor the small magnitude faults in urban/suburban areas using MT-InSAR technology, the deformation map over northern Houston region of Texas, USA has been constructed by L-band ALOS-1 and C-band Sentinel-1 SAR datasets. Numerous areas of sharp phase discontinuities have been discerned from InSAR-derived deformation map, and three fault systems are discovered over the northern Houston, i.e., Hockley fault system, Big Barn fault system and Conroe fault system. The reliability of InSAR-detected fault traces has been validated through LiDAR, geophysical surveys and field survey information. The characteristic of mapped fault zones using both section lines across fault traces and GPS time-series observations was analyzed. The results show that there is a high temporal and spatial correlation between the fault activation and excessive water exploitation; excessive groundwater exploitation promotes the occurrence of land subsidence, which in turn strengthens the vertical movement of existing faults or induces new fault activities. Not only those previously known faults position, but also the new fault traces that have not been mapped by other ground/space techniques, are imaged by InSAR measurement, which has great effects on urban planning, disaster prevention and mitigation.

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