Comparison of actual topography and virtual topography based on topographic change simulation regarding topographic changes due to river denudation, 2; Comparison of topographical features

Kawamura, Makoto; Nishiyama, Nariaki  ; Komatsu, Tetsuya  ; Jia, H.*; Koizumi, Yukiko*; Kabasawa, Satsuki ; Nakanishi, Toshimichi*; Umeda, Koji*

In geological disposal projects and safety regulations for HLW, one of the challenges in surveying and evaluating technology related to uplift and erosion, which is important in site selection and safety assessment of geological disposal, is that in the distant future, topography mainly due to river undercuts will occur. It is necessary to be able to quantitatively evaluate the changes and effects that these changes have on the underground geological environment. Among the geological environmental conditions, changes in groundwater recharge areas and outflow areas are important when building performance evaluation models because they can change the flow direction of surface water infiltration into the ground or groundwater outflow to the surface. The most reliable way to evaluate recharge and discharge areas is to use actual measured data on precipitation and river flow. However, when dealing with past or future topography, or hypothetical topography generated by simulations of topographical change, actual measurements are not possible, and so technology is required to indirectly estimate the area from topographical information. As one of the research technologies, a method has been developed to measure topographical features using a digital elevation model, calculate runoff volume using statistical analysis techniques, and visualize it as an index. In previous studies, we also attempted to apply this method to three rivers which have different drainage basin areas and uplift rates, and were able to present, to a certain extent quantitatively, results that are consistent with the general understanding that areas where high-altitude divided drainage basins are concentrated are high, meaning that surface water tends to flow more easily. Here, following previous studies, we report an example of applying the same method to a virtual topography created by simulating topographical change, and comparing and examining it with an actual river.