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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Keynote Lectures
BOCANEGRA Emilia, CARDOSO Gerson: Groundwater exploitation in fractured rocks in South America . . .3
CUSTODIO Emilio: Hydrologeogical similitarities and differences between volcanic and hard rocks . . . . . . . . .5
FAILLACE Costantino: Hydrogeology of hard rocks in some eastern and western African countries . . . . . . . . .7
ISSAR Arie S: The Biblical story of Moses striking the rock to get water the first report on water in fissured
rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
LW Simon: Anthropogenic effects on flow systems in fractured rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
SHAPIRO Allen M: The effect of scale on the magnitude of formation properties governing fluid movement
and chemical transport in fractured rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
TEUTSCH Georg, SAUTER Martin: Fractured Rock Aquifer-Analogue: research concept and project
implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
AHOKAS Henry: Summary of hydraulic conductivity measurements and differences between different
methods in boreholes KR1 - KR10 at Olkiluoto, Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
ALBUQUERQUE Jos do P T: Contribution to the understanding of crystalline systems as aquifers: the
experience of the State of Paraba, northeast Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
ANISSIMOV Leonid, KILYAKOV Vladimir, SHEIKINA Angelina: Hydrogeology of fractured dolomite
reservoir: Devonian reef complex, Volgograd Region, Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
BAE Dae-seok, KOH Yong-kwon, KIM Kyung-su, KIM Chun-soo, KIM Geon-young: Hydrogeological
and hydrochemical conditions of a deep groundwater system in the Yuseong granitic rock area, Korea . . . . . . .25
BARROCU Giovanni: Hydrogeology of granite rocks in Sardinia (Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
BLOOMFIELD John P, BUTLER Adrian P, COBBING Jude E, GALLAGHER Alex, GRIFFITHS Kate,
MOREAU Magali, WILLIAMS Ann T, PEACH Denis W, BINLEY Andrew: Flow heterogeneity
in the fractured Chalk aquifer of southern England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
BREILIN Olli, TIKKANEN Jaakko, KESOLA Reino, LEVEINEN Jussi, MURSU Juha: Groundwater
from crystalline bedrock in municipal of Leppvirta in southeast Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
BRITO NEVES Benjamim B: Geotectonics and groundwater in Precambrian rocks: the experience
of the semiarid Northeast Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
CAMPOS Jos E G, TRGER Uwe: The conceptual model of two "potenciometric surfaces
in fractured rock aquifers overlain by thick soil coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
CARRASCO Francisco, ANDREO Bartolom, VADILLO Iaki: Hydrogeological characterization
of low-permeability rocks in the north Africa (Ceuta, Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
CHAMBEL Antnio, KRSN Jir, SASTRE MERLN Antonio, DUQUE Jorge: Comparing transmissivity
classes of hard-rock aquifers in the of Iberian area and the Bohemian Massif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
CHO Minjoe, HA Kyoo-Chul, CHOI Young-Sup, KEE Weon-Seo, LACHASSAGNE Patrick, WYNS Robert:
Relationship between the permeability of hard-rock aquifers and their weathered cover based on geological
and hydrogeological observations in South Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
CHOURASIA L P: Groundwater exploration in a part of hard-rock terrain of Central India using
fracturepattern modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
DARKO Philip K, KRSN Jir: Regional transmissivity distribution and groundwater potential
in hard rocks of Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
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DASH Sudhir: Occurrence of groundwater in hard-rock terrains of Sundargarh District, Orissa, India . . . . . . .47
DE LA LOSA Almudena, LPEZ M Teresa, MARTNEZ Pedro Emilio, MONTERO Esperanza,
REDONDO Clara, VILLARROYA Fermn, YLAMOS Javier G: Experimental catchment in a hard-rock
environment: application to Guadarrama Mountain (Central System, Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
DOMONEY Reginald, DAVIDS Sean, FIELIES Anthony: Fracture analysis for groundwater targeting
in the Kamieskroon region of South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
DUQUE Jorge, ALMEIDA Carlos: Hydrogeometrical aspects of the gabbro of the Beja Aquifer System . . . . .53
EFTIMI Romeo: A comparative study of the hydraulic parameters and the yield of wells
of some sedimentary hard rocks of Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
ENACHESCU C, MOLNAR P, WOZNIEWICZ J: Hydraulic characterisation of the Uveghuta granite
in Bataapati, Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
ESPOSITO Luigi, NAPPI Michele, PISCOPO Vincenzo, SCESI Laura: Effect of depth
on discontinuity aperture: the example of St. Aloisio mine (Northern Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
FERNANDES Amlia Joo: The influence of Cenozoic tectonics on the groundwater-production capacity
and vulnerability of fractured rocks: a case study in Sao Paulo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
HENRIKSEN Helge: Extraction of information about well characteristics of hardrock aquifers
from GIS-based hydrogeological databases: example from Fennoscandia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
HUNG L Q, BATELAAN O, SAN D N: Lineament analysis in fractured rocks, methodology
and application to the Suoimuoi karst catchment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
ISSAR Arie S: The Table Mountain Group of South Africa: a fissured aquifer of regional importance . . . . . . . .67
JAYAWARDENA Upali de S: The availability of groundwater in crystalline rocks of Kandy area, Sri Lanka . .69
KARAMI Gholam H, YOUNGER Paul L: A novel approach to the assessment of flow type in karst aquifers
by evaluation of conventional test-pumping data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
MARCHAL Jean-Christophe, WYNS Robert, LACHASSAGNE Patrick, SUBRAHMANYAM
Kambhampati: Vertical anisotropy of hydraulic conductivity in hard-rock aquifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
MAYO Alan L, NELSON Stephen, TINGEY David, DUTSON Sarah, HARRIS Ron: Flux-induced solution
weathering in a large displacement fault damage zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
MESSERSCHMID Clemens: Deep-seated aquicludes in a fractured carbonate environment, West Bank . . . . .77
MICHEK Robert, MA Jir, VOLN Irena, ALAMEREW Demess, BELETE Yohanes: Hydrogeological
study of the western lowlands and adjacent highlands of Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
MILENIC Dejan, ALLEN Alistair: The role of a fractured aquifer between two karstic systems: connection
zone or groundwater barrier? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
MORENO Adriana, ATKINSON Tim C, SIMONS Richard R: Fracture networks: a case study from
the Chalk aquifer in East Anglia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
PETITTA Marco,TALLINI Marco, BENEDETTI Giuseppina, DEL MONACO Francesco: Fracture pattern
influence on groundwater discharge along the tectonic border of karst aquifers (Velino Valley, Central Italy) . .85
PRICE Michael: The origin and extent of some fissures in sandstones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
PULIDO-SILVA Gonzalo, BALLESTERO Thomas P, BARRERA Mara I, MARBET Hallie J,
KINNER Nancy E: Developing a conceptual hydrogeological model for a fractured bedrock formation . . . . . .89
RAO Srinivasa Y: Analysis of fractures for groundwater resources identification and its management:
an integrated approach using RS and GIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
RIAHIPOUR M,KALANTARI A, ZARE M: Hydrogeological study of Saldoran fractured karstic aquifer
in Zagros thrusted zone, Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
ROHR-TORP Erik: Groundwater yield in hard rocks south of Oslo, Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
SNCHEZ-NAVARRO J A, CABALLERO J, PREZ-GARCA A: Hydrogeological characterisation
of Palaeozoic hard rocks of Vicort and Algairn ranges (province of Zaragoza, Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
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STOBER Ingrid: Hydrogeologic properties of deep fractured aquifers in Germany: new data from long-
duration pumping tests in the Bruchsal geothermal wells and the KTB well at Oberpfalz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
STOJADINOVIC Dusan, ISAKOVIC Dusko: Groundwater in fractured rocks of the Kopaonik massif in the
Republic of Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
STOURNARAS G, ALEXIADOU M Ch, LEONIDOPOULOU D: Correlation of hydrogeologic and tectonic
characteristics of the hardrock aquifers in Tinos Island, Hellas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
SYSTRA Ylo J: Groundwater in fractured rocks of the Karelian Region (NW Russia) and Estonia . . . . . . . . .105
TRGER Uwe, CAMPOS GUIMARAES Jos E, PETERSEN Frederike, VCKLER Hendrik: Groundwater
occurrence in fractured metamorhic rocks - quality and quantity: an example from North East Brazil . . . . . . .107
VASVRI Vilmos, KRIEGL Christian: Determination of hydraulic properties in fractured aquifers in Austria 109
VERMA N M: Groundwater modelling and bore selection in fractured rock environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
WATKINS David C: Determining a representative hydraulic conductivity of the Carnmenellis Granite
of Cornwall, UK, based on a range of sources of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
WILKES Shane M, REYNOLDS David, OTTO Claus J: Hydrogeological significance of fractures within
the Augustus River catchment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
WINKLER Gerfried, KUPFERSBERGER Hans, STROBL Elmar: Estimating the change of fracture volume
with depth at the Koralm Massive, Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
WRIGHT G R: Experience of fractured aquifers in Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
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LIMAYE Shrikant D: Ensuring sustainability of wells through dry-season recharge from percolation tanks
in hard-rock aquifer regions in India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
MARCHAL Jean-Christophe, GALEAZZI Laurent, DEWANDEL Benoit, AHMED Shakeel: Spatial
groundwater budget at the watershed scale in a hard-rock aquifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
MISSTEAR Bruce, FITZSIMONS Vincent: Groundwater recharge estimation in data-scarce fractured rock
aquifers: examples from Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
MWAMI James: Groundwater recharge in central Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
NAIK Pradeep K, AWASTHI Arun K: Groundwater resources development in the Decan trap country of the
western Ghats, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
OMER Abdeen Mustafa: Focus on groundwater in Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
PALCSU Lszl, SZNT Zsuzsa, MOLNR Mihly, FUT Istvn, RINYU Lszl, HORVTH Istvn,
FRIZS Istvn: Isotope studies of a groundwater-flow system in granite, Middle Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
PANAGOPOULOS George, LAMBRAKIS Nikos: Groundwater responses to recharge and human-induced
stresses in the Trifilia karst aquifer, Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
PANDA Bibhuti B, BANSBERG Richard, RUCKER Michael: Water storage and recovery project for
sustainable groundwater resources in fractured hard-rock aquifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
RAMASESHA C S, REDDY M C: Planning of conjunctive use of surface and ground water in the
Ghataprabha irrigation project through numerical groundwater model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
RUCH Christophe A, KUPFERSBERGER Hans: Modeling the groundwater flow over four years
in a small alpine crystalline headwater catchment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
SHAND Paul, HARIA Atul: Surface-ground water interactions in an upland fractured aquifer system:
implications for the role of groundwater in streamflow generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
ILAR Jan: Groundwater residence time in crystalline rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
SINGHAL Brij B S: Estimation of groundwater resources in hard-rock aquifers of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
STASKO Stanislaw: Groundwater occurrence in fractured rocks - spatial zonality and temporal changes
(Experiment results from Sudety Mts. - Poland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
TARKA Robert: Using recession curves to assess recharge in crystalline massif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
TENU A, DAVIDESCU F, PETRES R, COARNA Lacramioara, STANESCU Gabriela: Conceptual model
of a regional karstic hydro-structure based mainly on a long-term isotopic survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
ADELANA Segun M A, OLASEHINDE Peter I, VRBKA Petr: Hydrochemical and environmental isotope
properities of shallow groundwater of the Basement rock aquifer in Offa Area, SW Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
ARMAH Thomas E K, JRGENSEN Niels O: Variable aquifer quality characteristics in the crystalline
basement terrains in parts of southern Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
AURELI Aurelio, CARRIBBA Salvatore, Di PASQUALE Mario, MAZZURCO Nunzia, PRIVITERA Agata
Maria G, SILLUZIO Carmela, TOSTO Stefania: Submarine springs and saltwater intrusion in fractured
environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
BENDER Steffen: Low mineralized water: challenge for hydrochemical investigations in hard-rock areas . . .195
CHO Byong-Wook, SUNG Ig-Hwan, SONG Gyong-Sun, KIM Sang-Yeon, CHOO Chanf-Oh: Possibility
of seawater intrusion in the Ulsan area, South Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
FABBRI Paolo, TREVISANI Sebastiano: Temperature in the Geothermal Euganean basin: a simulated
annealing approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
FEURDEAN Lucia, FEURDEAN Victor, ZAMFIRESCU Florian, SARBU Serban: Evidence and constrains
revealed by environmental stable isotopes in the chemoautotrophic system of the Movile Cave, Romania . . .201
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FRENGSTAD Bjrn, BANKS David: Groundwater chemistry related to depth of shallow crystalline bedrock
boreholes in Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
JRGENSEN Niels Oluf, HEINEMEIER Jan: Isotope studies of saline groundwater in a sandstone aquifer
on Bornholm, Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
KADLECOV Renta, BUZEK Frantiek, K Karel: Isotopic study in karst-fractured aquifers: Bohemian
Karst, Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
KAZEMI Gholam A: Quality and vulnerability of groundwater in the Shahrood District, Northeast Iran . . . . .209
KLOCKARS Joonas, LIPPONEN Annukka: Quality of bedrock groundwater in the communal supply wells
of Leppvirta, eastern Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
LIVSHITZ Yakov, ISSAR Arie S: Salinization of water in fractured chalk (Eocene aquifer, Negev, Israel) . . . .213
LOURENO Carla, RIBEIRO Lus: Characterization of mineral waters of Pedras Salgadas (North Portugal)
by statistical methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
MARQUES Jos M, ANDRADE Mrio, CARREIRA Paula M, GRAA Rui C, AIRES-BARROS Lus:
Evolution of CO2-rich mineral waters from Hercynian granitic rocks, North Portugal: questions and answers 217
MARQUES Jos M, ESPINHA MARQUES Jorge, CARREIRA Paula M, ANDRADE Mrio, GRAA Rui C,
AIRES-BARROS Lus, CARVALHO Jos M, CHAMIN Helder I, BORGES Frederico S: An isotopic
approach to sustain recharge sources of low-temperature geothermal waters, North Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
MORGAN Karina, JANKOWSKI Jerzy: Origin of salts in a fractured bedrock aquifer in the Central
West Region, NSW, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
TITUS Rian, XU Yongxin, ADAMS Shafick, PIETERSEN Kevin: The hydrochemical characteristics
of basement aquifer systems in Namaqualand, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
TRGER Uwe, GAMBIER COSTA Jos F, HAESBAERT Fabio F: The thermal aquifer and the springs
of the Serra de Caldas area - Goias, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
VILHELM Zdenek: Upper Permian brine formation in the Czech part of the Bohemian Massif:
paleohydrogeologic environment, hydraulic parameters estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
ZARE M, RAEISI R, JAFAR H, MOORE F: Hydrochemistry of the Shir-kuh granitoid hard-rock aquifer,
Iran. Part 1: Spatial and Temporal Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
ZARE M, RAEISI E, JAFAR H, MOORE F, KARAMPUR F: Hydrochemistry of the Shir-kuh granitoid
hard-rock aquifer, Iran. Part 2: Mass balance study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
ARMAH Thomas E K: Using digital elevation model analysis to augment satellite and aerial photo
interpretations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
BETSON Mark, ROBINS Nick: Using permeability to estimate vulnerability to diffuse pollution on fractured
aquifers in Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
BRAUCHLER Ralf, LEVEN Carsten, DIETRICH Peter: Multivariate statistical approach for characterizing
flow and transport processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
BRAUCHLER Ralf, LIEDL Rudolf, DIETRICH Peter: Identification of the diffusivity distribution by using
a new hydraulic tomographic approach derived from travel time tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
BUNKER James V: Application of the oriented core drilling/sampling method to environmental site
investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
CHAMBEL Antnio, DUQUE Jorge, NASCIMENTO Joo: Hard-rock hydrogeology of the Alentejo Region
(South Portugal): new cartography based on results of the "ERHSA Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
DUQUE Jorge: The use of VLF-EM survey for hydrogeologic purposes in a porphyric unproductive hard-rock
aquifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
EDET Aniekan, OKEREKE Chiedu: Contribution to the development of groundwater resources in the
Precambrian Oban massif, southeastern Nigeria, based on geoelectrical and hydrochemical data . . . . . . . . . . .249
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FILHO Joao Manoel: A fractal dimension model for hydraulic parameter evaluation from single well pumping
tests in fractured media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
GRSLE Werner, KESSELS Winfried, RIFAI Haifa: A tracer based flow-log technique to assess hydraulic
properties in deep fractured-porous aquifers of low permeability applied in the 4128 m pilot borehole
of the KTB, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
HARTMANN Silke, ODLING Noelle E, WEST L Jared: Radially convergent tracer test in the Chalk . . . . . . .255
HERFORT Martin, SAUTER Martin: Investigation of matrix diffusion in deep hot-dry-rock reservoirs using
single-well injection-withdrawal tracer tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
KRSN Jir: Hydrogeologic maps in hardrock environment: what should they represent? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
KRISHNAMURTHY N S, KUMAR Dewashish, RAO V Ananda, JAIN S C, AHMED S: Multi-parameter
geophysics: an essential tool to delineate aquifers in fractured rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
LE BORGNE T, BOUR O, DE DREUZY J-R, DAVY P: Flow model relevant to fractured crystalline aquifers:
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MARCINIAK Marek: On-site determination of hydraulic conductivity in fractured rocks with double porosity 271
MCDERMOTT C I, SAUTER M, LIEDL R, TEUTSCH G: Streamtube model used to define anisotropic
tensors describing tomographical three dimensional gas flow and transport within fracture networks at a
laboratory benchscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
MEJAS Miguel, LPEZ-GETA Juan A: Instrumentation and methodology for the hydraulic characterization
of fractured rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
NOIRIEL Catherine, GOUZE Philippe, MADE Benot, BRUDERER Cline, LEPROVOST Richard,
POIDRAS Thierry: 3D characterisation of the micro-geometry changes of a single fracture in the course
of dissolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
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PULIDO-SILVA Gonzalo, BALLESTERO Thomas P, KINNER Nancy E: Large displacement slug tests . . . .281
RAMASESHA C S, SAIVASAN V, KARS A: Remote sensing and geophysical applications for identification
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Karnataka, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
RAMASESHA C S, SHETTY G Y, SHIVASHANMUGANATHAN S: Optimisation of aquifer parameters
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RAMSTAD Randi K, HILMO Bernt Olav, SKARPHAGEN Helge, HIORTH Espen, BRATTLI Bjrge:
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RAPANTOV Nada, GRMELA Arnot: Rock massif anisotropy evaluation based on hydrodynamic testing .289
ROBLEDO P, DURN JJ: Fractal analysis application to the temporal distribution flow drained for karstic
springs in the south of Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
ROUHIANEN Pekka, KOSKINEN Lasse: Interconnected flow measurement between boreholes using
a borehole flowmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
SNCHEZ-NAVARRO Jos A, CABALLERO Juan: GIS-based vulnerability maps of groundwater to acid
deposition: application to the Gro river basin (Zaragoza-Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
SEQUEIRA Lener, MENDOZA Jos A: Geophysical methods for groundwater exploration in Ocotal,
northern Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
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VAN DEN DAELE Gerd FA, CONNELL Luke D, ATKINSON Tim C, BARKER John A: A tracer
investigation into the importance of diffusive exchange in the unsaturated zone of the British Chalk . . . . . . . 301
VAN TONDER Gerrit J, BOTHA Jopie F, DENNIS Ingrid: A new solution for step-drawdown tests, including
flow dimension and elasticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
VASVRI Vilmos: Use of electrical borehole measurements for determination of fracture parameters . . . . . .305
WEEDE Matthias, LAMBERT Michel, HTZL Heinz: Experiments on flow and transport processes
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WIMMER Guido: GIS - supported evaluation of groundwater yield in fractured rocks of the Rhenish Massif /
Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
ADAR Eilon, NATIV Ronit: Isotopes as tracers in a contaminated fractured chalk aquitard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
ANNA Lawrence, FAHY M, BIANCHI R, McKEOWN M, CHATOIAN J: Effects of tunnelling on the
groundwater resources of the southwestern San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
ATTANAYAKE P: Identifying hydrologic/hydrogeologic impacts caused by tunnel construction . . . . . . . . . . .317
BALLUKRAYA P. Narayana: Hydrogeology of an over-exploited hardrock area: a case study . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
BURGER Ulrich, MILLEN Bernard, BRANDNER Rainer: Northern section of the Brenner Base Tunnel:
hydrogeological remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
CARNEIRO Jlio F: Probabilistic delineation of groundwater protection zones in fractured-rock aquifers . . .323
CELICO Fulvio, MUSILLI Ilaria, NACLERIO Gino: Breeding impacts on groundwater pollution in carbonate
aquifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
DELOUVRIER Jacques, BUEHLER Christoph: The Use of Adapted Testing Tools and Testing Program Allows
the Estimation of Water Drainage from Tunnels under Construction and Tunnels in Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
DOTTRIDGE Jane, HARDISTY Paul: Influence of lithology on persistence of NAPL in fractured aquifers . .329
FAHRENHOLZ C, BREWITZ W, FEIN E, SCHNIGER M: Groundwater flow model for a disposal site
in a granitic massif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
FISCH Hansruedi, MAMMEL Rebekka, POSCHER Gerhard, REICHL Ignaz: Methods of fractured aquifer
characterisation using an example of a brittle fault zone in calcareous rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
FOUCH Olivier, SAVAJOL Audrey, MONIN Nathalie, FABRE Denis, POUYA Ahmad: Assessment
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GARZONIO Carlo Alberto, ZUPPI Gian Maria: Hydrogeological analyses and modelling of water resources
of the Gavorrano mine (Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
GAUT Amund, KLVE Bjrn, KVRNER Jens, SNILSBERG Petter: The hydrogeological consequences
of reduced groundwater levels after tunnel constructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
GAUT Sylvi, BRATTLI Bjrge, STORR Gaute: Factors influencing bacteriological quality of groundwater
in Norwegian bedrock wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
GRENIER Christophe, FOURNO Andr, MOUCHE Emmanuel, BENABDERRAHMANE Hakim: From site
characterization to performance assessment models for transport in a single fracture at sp site : assessment
of retention processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
HIDALGO M. Carmen, BENAVENTE Jos, ALMCIJA Carmen, MARN Carlos, IZQUIERDO Alberto,
PEINADO Toms, RUBIO Juan C : Anthropogenic influences on hard-rock hydrogeology: Linares granite
mining district, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
HOWARD Ken W F: Bacteria transmission in fissured carbonates fatal consequences in Walkerton, Ontario .347
HRKAL Z: Groundwater acidification in Central Europe: progress, regress or stable state? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
JEWELL Christopher : Hydrogeology and hydrochemistry of the Triassic rocks of the Sydney basin . . . . . . .351
KOZUBEK Petr: Multi-technological groundwater remediation in fractured rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
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KUBRICHT Jir, DUSLEK Pavel: Case study of geochemical stabilization of hexavalent chromium in
groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
LIPPONEN Annukka, MANNINEN Sari, NIINI Heikki, RNK Esa: Unlined bedrock tunnel as a solution to
water-conveyance: effect of water on the long-term stability of fracture zones in the Pijnne Tunnel, Finland 357
LFMAN Jari, MSZROS Ferenc: Dynamic and transient simulation of the free groundwater table at
Olkiluoto, Finland, using an automatic, adaptive mesh generator FEFTRA/octree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
MILLEN Bernard, BRANDNER Rainer, BURGER Ulrich, POSCHER Gerhard: The essential geology and
hydrogeology for 92 km of tunnelling, Austria/Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
MUZIKR Radomr, HJEK Antonn, KOSCIELNIAK Pavel: Groundwater protection downgradient
from a sludge lagoon of the Rozna uranium deposit, Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
NORRSTRM Ann-Catrine, KNUTSSON Gert, THUNQVIST Eva-Lotta: Identifying the sources
of different pollutants to municipal wells in hard rock, SE Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
PAUL Michael, GENGNAGEL Manfred, ECKART Michael: Numeric groundwater modelling in fractured
environment: a planning tool for uranium mining remediation (Ronneburg site- Esatern Thuringia, Germany) 367
PEREIRA M do Rosrio, ALMEIDA Carlos: Groundwater pollution assessement using discriminant
variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
PESENDORFER Marc, LOEW Simon, ZIEGLER Hans Jakob: Hydraulic characterisation of karst
structures and water-containing fractures in deep underground excavations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
POCHON Alain, MEYLAN Benjamin, TRIPET Jean-Pierre, ZWAHLEN Francois: Delineation of
groundwater protection zones in fractured media: presentation of a new systematic methodological approach 373
REICHL Ignaz, MAMMEL Rebekka, KECH Michael, POSCHER Gerhard, FISCH Hansruedi:
Temporary artificial drawdown of a joint aquifer: test design and methodology shown on a tunnelling project
in an artesian spa-water aquifer, Tyrol, Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
RIBEIRO Lus, SERRA Elizabete, PARALTA Eduardo, NASCIMENTO Joo: Nitrate pollution in hardrock
formations: vulnerability and risk evaluation by geomathematical methods in Serpa-Brinches aquifer,
South Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
ROULEAU Alain, GUHA Jayanta, ARCHAMBAULT Guy, BENLAHCEN Abdelmounem: An overview
of the hydrogeology of the Precambrian basement in Quebec and related mining problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
RUDOLPH-LUND Kim, SKURTVEIT Elin, ENGENE Bjarne, MYKLAND Johan: Active groundwater
monitoring and remediation during tunnelling through fractured bedrock under urban areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
SAVOYE Sbastien, CABRERA Justo, MATRAY Jean-Michel: Different hydraulic properties of single
fractures in argillaceous medium: the case of the IRSN Tournemire site (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
SOBOLEV Gennady, MOROZOV Vladislav, PONOMAREV Alexander, TATARINOV Victor, BELOV
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in the Karabash region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
SUBRAHMANYAM K: The impact of industrial effluents on water quality in a geologically contrasting
terrain, Andhra Pradesh, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
VAN HASSELT Blanca, AMANTINI Eric, CABON Franois, BODIN Jean-Luc: Hydrogeological
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VOSS Clifford I, TIRN Sven A: Hydrogeologic characterizations of a fractured crystalline rock site
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UK BOTHA Joseph F, CLOOT Alain H J: Modelling groundwater flow in an elastic confined aquifer . . . . . .401
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FOURNO Andr, GRENIER Christophe, MOUCHE Emmanuel, BENABDERRAHMANE Hakim:
Qualification and validity of a smeared fractures modelling approach for transfers in fractured media . . . . . . .405
GOUZE Philippe, TENCHINE Sandra, LOGGIA Didier, BRUDERER Cline, FEDOROV Alexei,
ADLER Pierre M, THOVERT Jean-Franois, GRESWELL Richard, RILEY Mick, PARKER David J:
A study of the dispersion in a single thin fracture using Positron Emission Projected Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
HASE Martin, VOGEL Thomas, LAGENDIJK Vincent R, KNGETER Jrgen: A statistical approach to build
up a multi-continuum model describing flow and transport processes in fractured permeable sandstone . . . . .409
JOHNSTON Peter, ATKINSON Tim, ODLING Noelle, BARKER John: Tracer breakthrough, hydraulic
properties and fracture networks at sub-continuum scales in aquifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
ODLING Noelle E, WEST L Jared, HARTMANN Silke: Modelling advective and diffusive transport
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PULIDO-SILVA Gonzalo, BALLESTERO Thomas P, KINNER Nancy E: HyTests: a set of numerical
models for hydrogeologic parameters estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
RUIZ Eduardo, SNCHEZ-VILA Xavier, VIVES Luis, CARRERA Jesus, ELORZA Francisco Javier,
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SUESS Mia, EICHEL Hartmut, HELMIG Rainer: The verification and the further development of a method
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VOGEL Thomas, HASE Martin, LAGENDIJK Vincent R, KNGETER Jrgen: Applying
the multi-continuum approach to experimental data of tracer experiments in fractured permeable sandstone . .423
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A b s t r a c t : Drilling data have highlighted the presence of both porous media aquifers within the weathered profile (shallow and
Zersatz aquifers) and fractured rock aquifers within the basement rocks and in the overlying weathered profile. A combination of
barometric efficiency measurements and detailed groundwater level measurements indicate these aquifers are well connected. This
connection is thought to be due to the presence of geological structures that have been identified within the basement rocks extending
through the weathered profile. The effects of these fractures on hydrogeological responses are presented. The numerical representation
of these fractures using the equivalent porous medium (EPM) and discretely fractured porous medium (DFPM) techniques was then
investigated. The outcome of these investigations have shown that subtle improvements may be possible by using the DFPM technique
for numerically simulating groundwater flow within fractured porous media environments such as those found within the Augustus
River catchment.
highlighted that fractures are a significantly component of the ALLUVIUM/COLLUVIUM LATERITE Conceptual Groundwater
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