TY  - JOUR
A1  - Parisi, Serena
A1  - Paternoster, Michele
A1  - Kohfahl, Claus
A1  - Pekdeger, Asaf
A1  - Meyer, Hanno
A1  - Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang
A1  - Spilotro, Giuseppe
A1  - Mongelli, Giovanni
T1  - Groundwater recharge areas of a volcanic aquifer system inferred from hydraulic, hydrogeochemical and stable isotope data mount Vulture, southern Italy
T2  - Hydrogeology journal : official journal of the International Association of Hydrogeologists
N2  - Environmental isotope techniques, hydrogeochemical analysis and hydraulic data are employed to identify the main recharge areas of the Mt. Vulture hydrogeological basin, one of the most important aquifers of southern Italy. The groundwaters are derived from seepage of rainwater, flowing from the highest to the lowest elevations through the shallow volcanic weathered host-rock fracture zones. Samples of shallow and deep groundwater were collected at 48 locations with elevations ranging from 352 to 1,100 m above sea level (a.s.l.), for stable isotope (delta(18)O, delta D) and major ion analyses. A complete dataset of available hydraulic information has been integrated with measurements carried out in the present study. Inferred recharge elevations, estimated on the basis of the local vertical isotopic gradient of delta(18)O, range between 550 and 1,200 m a.s.l. The isotope pattern of the Quaternary aquifer reflects the spatial separation of different recharge sources. Knowledge of the local hydrogeological setting was the starting point for a detailed hydrogeochemical and isotopic study to define the recharge and discharge patterns identifying the groundwater flow pathways of the Mt. Vulture basin. The integration of all the data allowed for the tracing of the groundwater flows of the Mt. Vulture basin.
KW  - Volcanic aquifer
KW  - Groundwater recharge/water budget
KW  - Recharge elevation
KW  - Stable isotopes
KW  - Italy
Y1  - 2011
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/37039
SN  - 1431-2174
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
SP  - 133
EP  - 153
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -