Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100155

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100155

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Geodetic and hydrogeological investigations of groundwater abstraction from confined aquifers: elastic response, heights, and sea level change. Parts of Perth are subsiding by as much as 5 millimetres (mm) per year, thus accelerating sea level rise relative to the land from 3 mm per year to 8 mm per year. The subsidence is most likely due to increased groundwater abstraction. This project aims to extend subsidence mapping in time and space using satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar, calibrated by complementary geodetic techniques, and coupled with new hydrogeological inputs from the Western Australian Department of Water. The research aims to provide science-based information to planners and managers on coastal vulnerability and determine the land response to groundwater abstraction. This will also allow for the correction of sea level change measurements from tide gauges.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-2015

End Date: 12-2019

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $390,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Hydrogeology | Geomatic Engineering | Geodesy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Natural Hazards in Coastal and Estuarine Environments |

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