Hydrogeological research lacks a standard methodology for supporting the management of groundwater resources in territory planning. The mapping of geological units in terms of their hydrogeological properties (such as permeability, effective infiltration, hydro-capacity) may provide a propaedeutical tool for calibration and validation of regional scale hydrogeological components (aquifer, aquiclude, aquitard). This work presents a hydrolithological map based on analysis of the 1:100,000 official cartography (provided by the Italian Geological Survey). The study area includes three distinct administrative regions (Tuscany, Latium and Umbria) and is a part of the central Apennines (Italy), an orogenic segment with distinctive tectono-stratigraphic sequences characterized by different degrees of permeability. A methodological approach is described that revises the geological information from the original cartography and builds a multicriteria database. The results are schematized in the attached map (at 1:100,000 scale) where the ‘hydrolithological complex’ (i.e. complex grouping lithologies with genetic and tectonic affinities and showing internal textural and compositional similarities that produce a comparable behaviour regarding groundwater flow and storage) is used as the key unit. Thematic maps illustrating permeability variation in the area and ‘macro-complexes’ are also included. The information is presented to outline the importance of revising, updating, and homogenizing geological cartography for providing direct multiscalar analysis suitable for territory planning.

Gragnanini, V., Mastrorillo, L., Vignaroli, G., Mazza, R., Rossetti, F. (2015). Hydrolithology of the area between Tuscany, Latium and Umbria regions (Italy). JOURNAL OF MAPS, 11(3), 464-479 [10.1080/17445647.2014.942528].

Hydrolithology of the area between Tuscany, Latium and Umbria regions (Italy)

MAZZA, Roberto;ROSSETTI, FEDERICO
2015-01-01

Abstract

Hydrogeological research lacks a standard methodology for supporting the management of groundwater resources in territory planning. The mapping of geological units in terms of their hydrogeological properties (such as permeability, effective infiltration, hydro-capacity) may provide a propaedeutical tool for calibration and validation of regional scale hydrogeological components (aquifer, aquiclude, aquitard). This work presents a hydrolithological map based on analysis of the 1:100,000 official cartography (provided by the Italian Geological Survey). The study area includes three distinct administrative regions (Tuscany, Latium and Umbria) and is a part of the central Apennines (Italy), an orogenic segment with distinctive tectono-stratigraphic sequences characterized by different degrees of permeability. A methodological approach is described that revises the geological information from the original cartography and builds a multicriteria database. The results are schematized in the attached map (at 1:100,000 scale) where the ‘hydrolithological complex’ (i.e. complex grouping lithologies with genetic and tectonic affinities and showing internal textural and compositional similarities that produce a comparable behaviour regarding groundwater flow and storage) is used as the key unit. Thematic maps illustrating permeability variation in the area and ‘macro-complexes’ are also included. The information is presented to outline the importance of revising, updating, and homogenizing geological cartography for providing direct multiscalar analysis suitable for territory planning.
2015
Gragnanini, V., Mastrorillo, L., Vignaroli, G., Mazza, R., Rossetti, F. (2015). Hydrolithology of the area between Tuscany, Latium and Umbria regions (Italy). JOURNAL OF MAPS, 11(3), 464-479 [10.1080/17445647.2014.942528].
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