Hydrostratigraphy and Aquifer Sedimentology and Laboratory

1) Aquifer Sedimentology: knowledge and application of methods for aquifer characterization and hydrostratigraphic reconstruction at different scales (local-regional): 1) scale and typology of sedimentary heterogeneity, 2) petrophysical parameters relevant to the hydrogeological characterization, 3) methods for evaluation, measurement and estimate of distribution of porosity and permeability at different scales, 4) anisotropy of petrophysical properties of sedimentary aquifers, aquitards and aquicludes, 5) glacial, glacio-fluvial, alluvial and deltaic aquifer groups, 6) methods and techniques to establish a conceptual aquifer model, 7) estimate of uncertainty.
2) Hydrostratigraphy: knowledge and application of the basic methods and techniques of hydrostratigraphic correlation, applied to hydrogeology of porous media: 1) correlation techniques, 2) hierarchy and classification of stratigraphic units, 3) architectural elements, 4) hydrofacies, hydrostratigraphic unit (HU) and sequential HU, 5) identification and 3-D mapping of HU boundaries, 6) hydrostratigraphic conceptual model and recharge of aquifer units, 7) evaluation of uncertainty.

The Laboratory practical activity includes exercises on hydrostratigraphic reconstruction at different scales (local to regional, i.e. from hydrofacies associations to aquifer systems, complexes and groups) in different geological environments (glacial, alluvial fan, braided to meandering river settings). After a guided collective start-up, the exercises are worked-out by the student teams.