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Hydrogeochemical and isotopic characterization of the Gioia Tauro coastal Plain (Calabria-southern Italy): a multidisciplinary approach for a focused management of vulnerable strategic systems
Vespasiano, G.; Cianflone, G.; Marini, L.; de Rosa, R.; Polemio, M.; Walraevens, K.; Vaselli, O.; Pizzino, L.; Cinti, D.; Capecchiacci, F.; Barca, D.; Dominici, R.; Apollaro, C. (2023). Hydrogeochemical and isotopic characterization of the Gioia Tauro coastal Plain (Calabria-southern Italy): a multidisciplinary approach for a focused management of vulnerable strategic systems. Sci. Total Environ. 862: 160694. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160694
In: Science of the Total Environment. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISSN 0048-9697; e-ISSN 1879-1026, meer
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Author keywords
    Coastal aquifers; Hydrogeochemistry; Water isotopes; Conceptual hydrogeochemical model; Calabria; Southern Italy
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  • Vespasiano, G.
  • Cianflone, G.
  • Marini, L.
  • de Rosa, R.
  • Polemio, M.
  • Walraevens, K., meer
  • Vaselli, O.
  • Pizzino, L.
  • Cinti, D.
  • Capecchiacci, F.
  • Barca, D.
  • Dominici, R.
  • Apollaro, C.
Abstract
    This work pursues the hydro-geochemical and isotopic characterization of the complex groundwater system of the Gioia Tauro Plain, one of the most important industrialized and agricultural coastal areas of southern Italy. The an-thropic pressure exposes the water resources at risk of depletion and quality degradation making the plain groundwa-ter a system of high scientific and social interest.The plain is characterized by a shallow aquifer, mostly recharged by local rains and a deep aquifer apparently less in-fluenced by local precipitation. Both aquifers are mainly Ca-HCO3 waters except for localized sectors where Na-HCO3, Na-Cl and Ca-SO4 waters are present. In deep aquifer, both prolonged interaction with sedimentary rocks, mainly de-riving from the erosion of crystalline rocks, and direct cation exchange represent the primary factors controlling the formation of Na-HCO3 waters. Mixing processes between these waters and either connate brine and/or deep thermal waters contribute to the formation of isolated high salinity Na-Cl-rich waters. In shallow aquifer, inputs of N-rich sew-age and agriculture-related contaminants, and SOx emissions in proximity of the harbor are responsible of the increasing nitrate and sulphate concentrations, respectively. The Cl/Br and NO3/Cl ratios highlight contamination mainly linked to agricultural activities and contribution of wastewater.Along the northern boundary, the warmest groundwater (Na-Cl[SO4]) were found close to a bend of the main strike -slip fault system, locally favouring the rising of B-and Li-rich deep waters, testifying the influence of geological -structural features on deep water circulation. Despite the high-water demand, a direct marine intrusion is localized in a very restricted area, where we observed an incipient groundwater-seawater mixing (seawater contribution <= 7 %). The qualitative and quantitative conditions of the shallow aquifer still have acceptable levels because of the relatively high recharge inflow. A reliable hydrogeo-chemical conceptual model, able to explain the compositional variability of the studied waters, is proposed.
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