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Characteristics of Aquifer System and Change of Groundwater Level due to Earthquake in the Western Half of Jeju Island  

Ok, Soon-Il (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Hamm, Se-Yeong (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Kim, Bong-Sang (Jinsan Engineering, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province)
Cheong, Jae-Yeol (Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation)
Woo, Nam-Chil (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Lee, Soo-Hyoung (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Koh, Gi-Won (Institute of Environmental Resources Research, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province)
Park, Yun-Seok (Institute of Environmental Resources Research, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.43, no.4, 2010 , pp. 359-369 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study characterizes aquifer system and hydrogeologic property in the western half of Jeju Island where wells were drilled for regional water supply in three sub-areas (northwestern, western, and southwestern sub-areas). The aquifer system of the northwestern sub-area is largely composed of upper high-permeability layer, upper low-permeability layer, lower high-permeability layer, and lower low-permeability layer. On the other hand, the aquifer systems of the western and southwestern sub-areas are mostly composed of upper low-permeability layer, high-permeability layer, and lower low-permeability layer. Transmissivity and specific capacity decrease in the order of the northwestern, western, and southwestern sub-areas. The relationship between specific capacity and the top surface of tuff is negative with a high correlation coefficient of -0.848, indicating that the tuff acts as the bottom of the aquifer. Groundwater level change due to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake is an average of 23.74 cm in the northwestern sub-area, an average of 9.48 cm in the western sub-area, and none in the southwestern sub-area. Further, it is found that groundwater change due to the earthquake has a positive relationship with transmissivity and specific capacity.
Keywords
aquifer system; groundwater level; specific capacity; Jeju volcanic island; earthquake;
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