Hydrogeological and Environmental Investigations in Karst Systems

WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT provides a detailed introduction to the full range of advanced, multidisciplinary techniques used in the study of water resources from understanding individual aquifers to the protection and management of water in a sustainable way, compatible with the preservation of...

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Other Authors: Andreo, Bartolomé (Editor), Carrasco, Francisco (Editor), Durán, Juan José (Editor), Jiménez, Pablo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Environmental Earth Sciences
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • MODULE I Water and the hydrological cycle
  • Surface water
  • Groundwater
  • Chemical, isotopic and microbiological, composition of waterCase examples Practical activities
  • MODULE II EXPLORING AND MONITORING WATER
  • Data monitoring and recording
  • Hydrological and environmental mappingCase examples Practical activities
  • MODULE III WATER RESOURCES IN DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL MEDIA
  • Water resources in hard rocks
  • Water resources in detritic materials
  • Water resources in karstifiable rocks
  • Coastal aquifersCase examples Practical activities
  • MODULE IV WATER QUALITY, CONTAMINATION AND PROTECTION OFWATER
  • Natural quality of water
  • Water contamination
  • Preventing contamination and protecting groundwaterCase examples Practical activities
  • MODULE V WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
  • Hydrologic research in wetlands
  • Water in protected natural spacesCase examples Practical activities
  • MODULE VI WATER RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
  • Managing water resources
  • Extracting groundwaterCase examplesPractical activities
  • MODULE VII PROJECTS AND STUDIES ON WATER RESOURCES ANDENVIRONMENT
  • Creating and managing projects on water resources and the environment
  • Water in evaluation and environmental impact studies
  • Projects on geothermal resources and geological storage within aquifersCase examples Practical activities
  • MODULE VIII LAWS AND ECONOMY OF WATER
  • Laws on water
  • Water economicsCase examples Practical activities