Abstract
The present study deals with the response of limestone aquifers to climate change. Central Italy is taken as representative region as characterized by extensive out cropping of karst/fractured limestones (Figure1),the aquifers of which supply several mountain springs having high quality water (Figure2). The recharge areas of mountain springs are virtually unaffected by human activity (no pumping wells): thus, the spring’s discharge analysis represents a useful tool to understand climate change and its effect on ground water regimes (Figure1). After climatic characterization of the Central Apenninearea on various time-scales (annual, seasonal and monthly), based on climate data for a 60-year period (1951-2008), the response of various springs to prolonged drought periods is analyzed in relationship to the geological setting of the irrecharge areas.
Keywords
drought, climate change, Italy
Date of Version
2011
Recommended Citation
Di Matteo, Lucio, "Climatic Characterization and Response of Water Resources to Climate Change in Limestone Areas: Some Consideration on the Importance of Geological Setting" (2011). 2011 Symposium on Data-Driven Approaches to Droughts. Paper 33.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ddad2011/33
Comments
Poster