Groundwater flow systems in turbidites of the Northern Apennines (Italy): Natural discharge and high speed railway tunnel drainage

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1577-1599

  Gargini, Alessandro ^a   Vincenzi, Valentina ^a   Piccinini, Leonardo ^a   Zuppi, Gian Maria ^b   Canuti, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conceptual models; Groundwater surface waterrelations; Italy; Northern Apennines; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; TUNNEL; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 57049090647     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0352-8     Document Type: Article

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