River Corridor Model Constrained by Time‐Lapse Seismic Acquisition

Marine Dangeard (), Agnès Rivière (), Ludovic Bodet (), S. Schneider, R. Guérin (), Damien Jougnot () and Alexis Maineult ()
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Marine Dangeard: METIS - Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Agnès Rivière: GEOSCIENCES - Centre de Géosciences - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Ludovic Bodet: METIS - Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
S. Schneider: METIS - Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
R. Guérin: METIS - Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Damien Jougnot: METIS - Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Alexis Maineult: METIS - Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: A new hydrogeophysical approach was developed to reveal the spatial and temporal dynamic flow pathways inside a river corridor as well as the pattern of transient surface water and the groundwater (SW-GW) exchanges. Obtaining such information from traditional hydrological data remains a challenge, both in terms of accuracy and validation. As there is no direct measurement of these fluxes, estimating dynamic pathways and SW-GW exchanges is frequently tackled with the help of numerical models. Yet, the definition of initial and boundary conditions is generally based on poorly constrained assumptions and restrained to the location of piezometers, due to the lack of knowledge of the water table (WT) geometry. We provide a methodology to build stronger constraints to the numerical simulation and the hydrodynamic parameters calibration, both in space and time, by using a multi-method approach. On the Orgeval Critical Zone observatory (France), we show how a thorough interpretation of high-resolution geophysical images, combined with geotechnical data, helps to resolve subsurface structural heterogeneity. This coupling provides a detailed distribution of hydrofacies, valuable prior information about the associated hydrodynamic properties distribution. The temporal dynamic of the WT table can be locally captured with high-resolution time-lapse seismic acquisitions. Time-lapse variations are interpreted as temporal changes in the saturated-unsaturated zone continuum. Each seismic snapshot is then thoroughly inverted to image spatial WT variations. This posterior geophysical information is then used to calibrate the hydrogeological modeling domain. The use of the WT improves the estimation of transient stream-aquifer exchanges, especially during the rain event.

Keywords: River Corridor; Hydrogeological Model; Hydrogeophysics; Hydrogeology; Hydrology; Critical zone; Orgeval (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-10
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Published in Water Resources Research, 2021, 57 (10), pp.e2020WR028911. ⟨10.1029/2020WR028911⟩

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DOI: 10.1029/2020WR028911

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