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Chapter
Groundwater for Human Consumption in Karst Environment: Vulnerability, Protection, and Management
Karst aquifers are an essential source of water supply; therefore the need to protect karst groundwater against the deterioration of its quality due to human activities is unquestionable. For this reason, it i...
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Article
Influence of the ventilation of a karst show cave on the surrounding vadose CO2 reservoir (Nerja, South Spain)
This study continues previous work done in a karst area—the Nerja Cave research site to characterize the vadose CO2 reservoir. The Nerja Cave is an important show cave, receiving nearly 500,000 visitors per year....
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Chapter
Safeguard Zones and Activities Permitted Cartography: Application in Carbonate Aquifers of Southern of Spain
Carbonate aquifers constitute a water reserve of essential importance for human supply. Accordingly, suitable protection measures should be established in order to meet the requirements of the Water Framework ...
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Chapter
A Field Analog of CO2-Closed Conditions in a Karstified Carbonate Aquifer (Nerja Cave Experimental Site, South Spain)
We present new data that illustrate the hydrochemical evolution of groundwater along a flow line in the Triassic marbles around the Nerja Cave, South Spain. Water dissolves calcite and dolomite, and then CaSO4. T...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Groundwater Protection for Human Comsumption and Its Integration in Regional Planning: Gpz Method
Groundwater constitutes a water reserve of essential importance for human supply. For this, it is necessary to establish suitable protection measures in order to achieve the good status of groundwater bodies i...
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Article
Sheets of branched poly(lactic acid) obtained by one-step reactive extrusion–calendering process: physical aging and fracture behavior
The architectural modifications of a linear poly(D,L-Lactide) acid (PD,L-LA) commercial grade were induced by a one-step reactive extrusion–calendering process using a styrene-glycidyl acrylate copolymer as re...
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Chapter
Isotopic (13C) Signature of CO2 Sources in the Vadose Zone of a Mediterranean Karst (Nerja Cave Site, Southern Spain)
This study is based on in situ measurements of the soil and the vadose zone (<60 m) in a Mediterranean karst experimental site near Nerja Cave (a show cave in dolomite marbles in South Spain). CO2 concentrations ...
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Chapter
The Protection of Groundwaters Destined for Human Consumption in Karstic Aquifers. Advances Towards Safeguard Zones
Carbonate aquifers constitute a water reserve of critical importance as a source of drinking water. For this, it is necessary to establish suitable protection measures so that groundwater bodies can achieve go...
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Article
Methodology for groundwater recharge assessment in carbonate aquifers: application to pilot sites in southern Spain
Aquifer recharge can be determined by conventional methods such as hydrodynamic or hydrologic balance calculations, or numerical, hydrochemical or isotopic models. Such methods are usually developed with respe...
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Article
Application of the European water framework directive in a Western Mediterranean basin (Málaga, Spain)
The water framework directive (WFD) is applied within the Guadalhorce river basin, a Western Mediterranean basin in the Málaga province (South Spain). Criteria defining different surface and groundwater bodies...
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Article
Thermal degradation of lyocell, modal and viscose fibers under aggressive conditions
Lyocell, modal and viscose fibers were subjected to mercerization or to solar degradation. The ulterior thermal degradation was analyzed by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Thermal analysis sh...
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Article
Proposed method for groundwater vulnerability map** in carbonate (karstic) aquifers: the COP method
The ‘COP method’ has been developed for the assessment of intrinsic vulnerability of carbonate aquifers in the frame of the European COST Action 620. This method uses the properties of overlying layers above t...
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Article
A comparative study of four schemes for groundwater vulnerability map** in a diffuse flow carbonate aquifer under Mediterranean climatic conditions
This paper shows the results of a comparative study involving application of the vulnerability map** methods known as AVI, GOD, DRASTIC and EPIK to a pilot carbonate massif in southern Spain, namely the Torr...
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Article
Use of hydrodynamic and hydrochemistry to characterise carbonate aquifers. Case study of the Blanca–Mijas unit (Málaga, southern Spain)
To validate the geological and piezometric subdivision of two carbonate massifs in southern Spain, and to carry out a characterisation of aquifer behaviour, 23 representative springs and wells were monitored a...
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Article
Determination of small interactions in polymer composites by means of FTIR and DSC
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Article
Chemical composition of landfill leachate in a karst area with a Mediterranean climate (Marbella, southern Spain)
Between March 1994 and April 1997, the physical and chemical parameters and chemical composition of the urban solid waste leachate of the Marbella landfill (southern Spain) were determined. The data obtained ...
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Article
Crystallization Kinetics of Polypropylene-polyethylene-based Copolymers
A crystallization kinetics analysis of several polypropylene-polyethylene (PP-PE), PP-rich copolymers was made by means of differential scanning calorimetry. The crystallization was studied via calorimetric me...
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Article
Spatial distribution profiles of magnesium and strontium in speleothems using laser-induced breakdown spectrometry
Laser-induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) has been applied to spatially locate several atomic species in speleothems taken from the Nerja’s Cave (Málaga, Spain). Spatial distribution profiles of Mg at 285.2...
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Article
Control of retention in paper-making by colloid titration and zeta potential techniques
The concentration influence of some commercial polyethylenimines, used as retention agents, on the retention efficiency during the sheet formation is studied in this paper. The conditions of an industrial wire...
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Article
Types of carbonate aquifers according to the fracturation and the karstification in a southern Spanish area
The analysis of the fractures in the marble forming sierras Blanca and Mijas (southern Spain), with faults of markedly different sizes and joints measured at 21 stations, demonstrate the presence of two princ...
