Groundwater vulnerability of principal aquifers of the Campania region (southern Italy)

Figures & data

Figure 1. Kinematic complexes of the Campania region (modified from Vitale & Ciarcia, 2018).

Table 1. Multiplying weights (w_i) considered by the SINTACS method for the five hydrogeological scenarios (Civita & De Maio, 2000).

Parameter	Multiplying weights (wi )
	Normal	Severe	Seepage	Karst	Fissured
S	5	5	4	2	3
I	4	5	4	5	3
N	5	4	4	1	3
T	3	5	2	3	4
A	3	3	5	5	4
C	3	2	5	5	5
S	3	2	2	5	4

Figure 2. Range of I_SINTACS for PAs belonging to Quaternary alluvial (A) and volcanic (B) hydrogeological domains.

Figure 3. Range of I_SINTACS for PAs belonging to Miocene-Pliocene turbidite, molasse and clastic (A) and Cretaceous-Paleogene basin series hydrogeological domains (B).

Figure 4. Range of I_SINTACS for PAs belonging to Mesozoic limestone (A) and Mesozoic dolomite (B) hydrogeological domains.

Figure 5. Range of I_SINTACS for PAs of the six hydrogeological domains. Mean values are weighted by the outcropping areas of PAs.

Figure 6. Extension of SINTACS groundwater vulnerability classes for principal hydrogeological domains.

Figure 7. Map of minimum I_SINTACS (left) and maximum I_SINTACS (right) of the PAs of the Campania region obtained by a sensitivity analysis applied to Impact of vadose zone, Soil media and Hydrogeological characteristic of the Aquifer parameters.

Vitale, S. , & Ciarcia, S. (2018). Tectono-stratigraphic setting of the Campania region (southern Italy). Journal of Maps , 14 (2), 9–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.142

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