Parsimonious recharge/discharge modeling in carbonate fractured aquifers: The groundwater flow in the Gran Sasso aquifer (Central Italy)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-146

  Amoruso, Antonella ^a   Crescentini, Luca ^a   Petitta, Marco ^b   Tallini, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Fractured aquifer; Numerical simulation; Recharge; Water budget

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ITALY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DROUGHT PERIODS; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURED AQUIFER; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; INPUT DATAS; KEY PARAMETERS; NATIONAL PARKS; PROTECTION ZONES; RECHARGE; RECHARGE AREA; REGIONAL SCALE; SNOWMELT; SPRING DISCHARGES; WATER BUDGET;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; SPRING WATER; WATER BUDGET;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; GRAN SASSO; ITALY;

EID: 84871024888     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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