Karstic landscape is a specific heritage, where surface and underground are part of single landscape. Where underground (caves, shafts...) played an important role in the development of surface. Landscape where natural an anthropogenic processes worked hand in hand. Caves were often treated as being separate from the outside landscape, recorded in isolation form landscape which they are part of...

Abstract Univariate and bivariate spectral analyses were applied to the study of two karstic systems in the Central Apennines (Italy). The analyses allowed the characterization of the transformations between the input rainfall and the output discharge. Although the development of the karstification is very different, the two aquifers show very similar behaviour. Both systems present very high m...

in this research, recognition of karstic water-bearing zones using the management of exploration data in kal-qorno valley, situated in the tepal area of shahrood, has been considered. for this purpose, the sequential exploration method was conducted using geological evidences and applying remote sensing and geoelectrical resistivity methods in two major phases including the regional and local s...

the need for clean groundwater resources to have sustainable development in a country is undoubted. due to the importance and high quality of karstic waters in supplying water in iran especially in shahrood city, it is attempted in this research work to recognize and explore karstic waters in southwest of tepal area, shahrood. for this purpose, integration of the results obtained from the metho...

The extraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) one plant root system forage for the soil nutrients and induce colonization nearby plants, which leads to formation common networks (CMNs) that interconnect roots. Inoculation with AMF can increase length, surface area volume seedlings in nutrient-limited karstic soils. Mycorrhizal symbioses secrete glomalin help promoting aggregates...

The impairment of water quality by faecal pollution is a global public health concern. Microbial source tracking methods help to identify faecal sources but the few recent quantitative microbial source tracking applications disregarded catchment hydrology and pollution dynamics. This quantitative microbial source tracking study, conducted in a large karstic spring catchment potentially influenc...

The case study of the brackish spring of "Almyros of Heraklio" in Crete (Greece) and its vast carbonate coastal aquifer is presented, showing the consequence of preferential flows of continental fresh water and saline sea water in karst galleries in a coastal area. Flow heterogeneity generates unexpected upconing in boreholes, and permits the spring of Almyros not to be directly connected with ...