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Man-made disaster on urban area: subsidence and underground salt dissolution in Maceio (Brazil) revealed by remote sensing and numerical modelling

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Stefanova Vassileva,  M.
1.4 Remote Sensing, 1.0 Geodesy, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Al-Halbouni,  Djamil
2.1 Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Motagh,  M.
1.4 Remote Sensing, 1.0 Geodesy, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Walter,  Thomas
2.1 Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Dahm,  T.
2.1 Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Wetzel,  H.-U.
1.4 Remote Sensing, 1.0 Geodesy, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Stefanova Vassileva, M., Al-Halbouni, D., Motagh, M., Walter, T., Dahm, T., Wetzel, H.-U. (2021): Man-made disaster on urban area: subsidence and underground salt dissolution in Maceio (Brazil) revealed by remote sensing and numerical modelling - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021 (Online 2021).
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12371


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5006978
Abstract
Land subsidence hazard affects many highly populated urban areas of the world as a consequence of natural and/or anthropogenic derived geomechanical rock alterations. Here we exploit the full archive of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR data) and present a 16-years history (2004-2020) of surface displacement affecting the federal capital of Maceió (Alagoas, Brazil), where sinkhole formation and fractures on infrastructures have been intensified since early 2018, forcing authorities to relocate the affected residence and pose the building under demolition. The geodetic result shows that precursory deformations were already visible in early 2000’s, reaching in November 2020 a maximum cumulative subsidence of approximately 2 m near the Mundaú lagoon coast. The maximum rate of subsidence is estimated at 27 cm/year. Numerical elastic source modelling proves that the subsidence is associated with localized, deep seated material removal at the location and depth where salt mining is performed. More sophisticated 2D distinct element method highlights the formation of cracks in sedimentary layers that eventually enables strong water percolation from rather superficial aquifers into the deeper underground, with potential increase of material dissolution and erosion. We discuss the accelerating subsidence rates, the influence of severe precipitation events to the aforementioned geological instability and the related dynamic evolution of the subsidence hazard by generating dynamic geohazard maps valuable for further infrastructure risk assessment.