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Analysis of a Groundwater Flow System in Fractured Rock Mass Using the Concept of Hydraulic Compartment  

Cho Sung-Il (Radwaste Disposal Research Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim Chun-Soo (Radwaste Disposal Research Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Bae Dae-Seok (Radwaste Disposal Research Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim Kyung-Su (Radwaste Disposal Research Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Song Moo-Young (Dept. of Geology and Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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The Journal of Engineering Geology / v.16, no.1, 2006 , pp. 69-83 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to evaluate a complex groundwater flow system around the underground oil storage caverns using the concept of hydraulic compartment. For the hydrogeological analysis, the hydraulic testing data, the evolution of groundwater levels in 28 surface monitoring boreholes and pressure variation of 95 horizontal and 63 vertical water curtain holes in the caverns were utilized. At the cavern level, the Hydraulic Conductor Domains(fracture zones) are characterized one local major fracture zone(NE-1)and two local fracture zones between the FZ-1 and FZ-2 fracture zones. The Hydraulic Rock Domain(rock mass) is divided into four compartments by the above local fracture zones. Two Hydraulic Rock Domains(A, B) around the FZ-2 zone have a relatively high initial groundwater pressures up to $15kg/cm^2$ and the differences between the upper and lower groundwater levels, measured from the monitoring holes equipped with double completion, are in the range of 10 and 40 m throughout the construction stage, indicating relatively good hydraulic connection between the near surface and bedrock groundwater systems. On the other hand, two Hydraulic Rock Domains(C, D) adjacent to the FZ-1, the groundwater levels in the upper and lower zones are shown a great difference in the maximum of 120 m and the high water levels in the upper groundwater system were not varied during the construction stage. This might be resulted from the very low hydraulic conductivity$(7.2X10^{-10}m/sec)$ in the zone, six times lower than that of Domain C, D. Groundwater recharge rates obtained from the numerical modeling are 2% of the annual mean precipitation(1,356mm/year) for 20 years.
Keywords
underground oil storage cavern; hydraulic compartment; groundwater; hydraulic conductivity; recharge rate;
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