Ramon Tarragona, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-10-27)
Geological formations containing sulphates are commonly associated with the development of severe expansions when they are involved in tunnel excavation. The intensity of the observed expansive behaviour ...
Abancó Martínez de Arenzana, Clàudia (Date of defense: 2013-06-27)
Debris flows are very fast mass movements and are considered as one of the most hazardous phenomenain mountainous regions. Research on this field has strongly improved during the last decades. However,many ...
Barahona-Palomo, Marco (Date of defense: 2014-02-28)
Characterization of aquifers hydraulic parameters is a difficult task that requires field information. Most of the time the hydrogeologist relies on a group of values coming from different test to ...
Butlanska, Joanna (Date of defense: 2014-07-21)
Cone penetration test (CPT) is a fast and reliable site investigation tool for exploring soils and soft ground. While the interpretation of the test results in clay has advanced considerably from a ...
Domènech i Surinyach, Guillem (Date of defense: 2015-10-14)
Due to the exponential grown of the population within the last decades, the landslide hazard assessment of earthflows and rockfalls and their hazard mapping have become an essential tool for the territory ...
García Ríos, María (Date of defense: 2015-03-13)
A test site for CO2 geological storage is situated in Hontomín (Burgos, northern Spain) with a reservoir rock that is mainly composed of limestone (80-85%) and sandstone (15-20%). The reservoir rock is ...
Velasco Mansilla, Domitila Violeta (Date of defense: 2013-12-17)
The detailed 3D hydrogeological modelling of sedimentary media that form important aquifers is very complex because of: (1) the natural intrinsic heterogeneity of the geological media, (2) the need for ...
Henri, Christopher (Date of defense: 2015-07-09)
Human impact on groundwater resources has led to a rapid growth of social concerns worldwide owing to an increasing presence of toxic chemicals released in the subsurface. Risk assessment provides the ...
Offeddu, Francesco G. (Date of defense: 2015-10-30)
Waters from mines (acid mine drainage-AMD), contain elevated concentrations of SO-24, Fe and other contaminant metals, which can persist in the environment during centuries. The purpose of AMD treatments ...
Sapriza Azuri, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
There is a growing concern about the combined effect of climate change and groundwater overexploitation on the availability of water resources in the Upper Guadiana basin (UppGb) in central Spain. General ...