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- PublicationRestrictedRisk assessment of bottom ash from fuel oil power plant of Italy: mineralogical, chemical and leaching characterization(2018-02-26)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;; tom ash samples derived from an oil power plant located in Southern Italy. To achieve this purpose, the mineralogical and chemical properties of representative bottom ash samples were investigated through the integrated employment of different analytical techniques, i.e., X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray fluorescence and atomic absorption spectrometry. The obtained experimental results show that quartz, alunogen, rhomboclase and potassium hydrogen silicate are the major crystalline phases of all the analyzed samples. Furthermore, the revealed main ash constituents are SiO2 and SO3, with low contents of Fe2O3 and Al2O3, and little amounts of CaO, Na2O, K2O, MgO, P2O5 and TiO2. Among the trace elements, very high amounts of heavy metals, i.e., V, Cr, Ni, La, Pb and Mo, were detected. The comparison of the obtained heavy metal abundance data with those reported in the literature highlights significant differences. Leaching test evidenced V, Ni and Cr values that make these ashes a potential contamination source for groundwater quality and for soil, nearby the ash disposal landfills area. All the obtained findings show that these materials are highly harmful for the human health, with a greater extent for the heavy metal concentrations.111 8 - PublicationOpen AccessModelling and management of a Mediterranean karstic coastal aquifer under the effects of seawater intrusion and climate change(2015)
; ; ; ;Romanazzi, A; CNR-IRPI, Bari ;Gentile, F; Università di Bari ;Polemio, M; CNR-IRPI, Bari; ; The study and management of the groundwater resources of a large, deep, coastal, karstic aquifer represent a very complex hydrogeological problem. Here, this problem is successfully approached by using an equivalent porous continuous medium (EPCM) to represent a karstic Apulian aquifer (southern Italy). This aquifer, which is located on a peninsula and extends to hundreds of metres depth, is the sole local source of high-quality water resources. These resources are at risk due to overexploitation, climate change and seawater intrusion. The model was based on MODFLOW and SEAWAT codes. Piezometric and salinity variations from 1930 to 2060 were simulated under three past scenarios (up to 1999) and three future scenarios that consider climate change, different types of discharge, and changes in sea level and salinity. The model was validated using surveyed piezometric and salinity data. An evident piezometric drop was confirmed for the past period (until 1999); a similar dramatic drop appears to be likely in the future. The lateral intrusion and upconing effects of seawater intrusion were non-negligible in the past and will be considerable in the future. All phenomena considered here, including sea level and sea salinity, showed non-negligible effects on coastal groundwater.275 244 - PublicationRestrictedThe Campi Flegrei Blind Test: Evaluating the Imaging Capability of Local Earthquake Tomography in a Volcanic Area(2012)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Priolo, E.; Dipartimento Centro di Ricerche Sismologiche (CRS), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS) ;Lovisa, L.; Dipartimento Centro di Ricerche Sismologiche (CRS), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS) ;Zollo, A.; Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universit`a degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”,Napoli, Italy ;B¨ohm, G.; Dipartimento di Geofisica della Litosfera (GDL), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS), Trieste, Italy ;D’Auria, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia ;Gautier, S.; G´eosciences Montpellier, UMR 5243 CNRS, University Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France ;Gentile, F.; Dipartimento Centro di Ricerche Sismologiche (CRS), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS) ;Klin, P.; Dipartimento Centro di Ricerche Sismologiche (CRS), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS) ;Latorre, D.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia ;Michelini, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia ;Vanorio, T.; Stanford Rock Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA ;Virieux, J.; Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), The Universit´e Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; During the 1982–1984 bradyseismic crises in the Campi Flegrei area (Italy), the University of Wisconsin deployed a network of seismological stations to record local earthquakes. In order to analyse the potential of the recorded data in terms of tomographic imaging, a blind test was recently set up and carried out in the framework of a research project. A model representing a hypothetical 3D structure of the area containing the Campi Flegrei caldera was also set up, and a synthetic dataset of time arrivals was in turn computed. The synthetic dataset consists of several thousand P- and S-time arrivals, computed at about fourteen stations. The tomographic inversion was performed by four independent teams using different methods. The teams had no knowledge of either the input velocity model or the earthquake hypocenters used to create the synthetic dataset. The results obtained by the different groups were compared and analysed in light of the true model. This work provides a thorough analysis of the earthquake tomography potential of the dataset recording the seismic activity at Campi Flegrei in the 1982–1984 period. It shows that all the tested earthquake tomography methods provide reliable low-resolution images of the background velocity field of the Campi Flegrei area, but with some differences. However, none of them succeeds in detecting the hypothetical structure details (i.e. with a size smaller than about 1.5–2 km), such as a magmatic chamber 4 km deep and especially the smaller, isolated bodies, which represent possible magmatic chimneys and intrusions.359 30