Università Roma Tre

Aquifers: porosity and effective porosity, primary and secondary porosity. Recharge area, aquiclud and
aquitard. Porous, fractured and karst aquifers. Confined and unconfined aquifers. Shallow and basal aquifers.
River - aquifer interaction. Coastal aquifers. Groundwater resources and riserves
Regional hydrogeology (Central Italy): Hydrogeological complexes. Comparison between different
hydrodynamic attitude: Umbria Marchean domain, Latium Abruzzi domain, volcanic domain. Faults role in
hydrogeology. Main springs in the Central Italy
Spring: main spring classifications. Spring discharge (recession curves). Spring protection areas.
Base Flow of river discharge: Hydrograph basin vs hydrogeological basin
Water budget: hydrological cycle. Water budget of hydrographic basin. Groundwater budget of aquifer.
Effective infiltration evaluation
Groundwater hydrodynamics: Darcy’s law, hydraulic head, hydraulic conductivity and trasmissivity,
storage. Drinance. Dupuit theory. Theis and Jacob theory.
Pumping test: Step Drawdown Test. Aquifer Pumping Test. Image well theory
Hydrochemistry (Hints): hydrogeochemical facies, environmental isotopes
Hydrological data collection, elaboration and interpretation: Rainoff, Air temperature, Evapotraspiration,
River discharge (Hydrographs analysis)
Groundwater flowpaths: piezometric surface. Hydraulic gradient
Hydrogeological maps and case studies

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