Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers
Coastal karst aquifers show a three-dimensional vulnerability, which consists of the whole of the “intrinsic vulnerability” and the “groundwater vulnerability to seawater intrusion”. The results of a study carried out in the Salento karst coastal aquifer (southern Italy) show that temperature, as we...
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| author | Fidelibus, Maria Dolores Pulido Bosch, Antonio |
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| description | Coastal karst aquifers show a three-dimensional vulnerability, which consists of the whole of the “intrinsic vulnerability” and the “groundwater vulnerability to seawater intrusion”. The results of a study carried out in the Salento karst coastal aquifer (southern Italy) show that temperature, as well as being a reliable tracer of groundwater flow, is also an effective indicator of vulnerability in anisotropic media. The trend of isotherms related to a cross-section of the aquifer thermal field, combined with geological, geomorphological, and hydrogeological information, allows the role of faults and dolines in the mass transport from ground surface to be inferred. Isotherm trends may also give information on the permeability distribution along faults. A specific temperature value evidence the saltwater top, thus indicating the groundwater vulnerability to salinization. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-76192023-04-12T18:59:38Z Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers Fidelibus, Maria Dolores Pulido Bosch, Antonio karst karst coastal aquifer vulnerability seawater intrusion temperature doline fault water level monitoring Salento Coastal karst aquifers show a three-dimensional vulnerability, which consists of the whole of the “intrinsic vulnerability” and the “groundwater vulnerability to seawater intrusion”. The results of a study carried out in the Salento karst coastal aquifer (southern Italy) show that temperature, as well as being a reliable tracer of groundwater flow, is also an effective indicator of vulnerability in anisotropic media. The trend of isotherms related to a cross-section of the aquifer thermal field, combined with geological, geomorphological, and hydrogeological information, allows the role of faults and dolines in the mass transport from ground surface to be inferred. Isotherm trends may also give information on the permeability distribution along faults. A specific temperature value evidence the saltwater top, thus indicating the groundwater vulnerability to salinization. 2020-01-20T09:24:46Z 2020-01-20T09:24:46Z 2018-12-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2076-3263 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7619 en https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/1/23 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | karst karst coastal aquifer vulnerability seawater intrusion temperature doline fault water level monitoring Salento Fidelibus, Maria Dolores Pulido Bosch, Antonio Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers |
| title | Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers |
| title_full | Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers |
| title_fullStr | Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers |
| title_short | Groundwater Temperature as an Indicator of the Vulnerability of Karst Coastal Aquifers |
| title_sort | groundwater temperature as an indicator of the vulnerability of karst coastal aquifers |
| topic | karst karst coastal aquifer vulnerability seawater intrusion temperature doline fault water level monitoring Salento |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7619 |
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