ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Abstract
In order to improve the knowledge on the deep groundwater
resources of the diffusely exploited multilayered aquifer system of
the Low Friuli Plain (BPF) (Northern Italy), water samples coming
from 37 wells, 17 springs and 4 rivers have been collected
and analysed in 2007. The main anions and cations’ concentrations
(with a particular interest in sulphate and strontium contents,
natural tracers of Tagliamento River’s waters), the geochemical
facies and the correlations between the main elements have been
determined. The preliminary results showed congruence with the
general chemical patterns coming from the scientifi c literature and
evidenced remarkable local chemical differences (related both to
the geographycal distribution of the measurement sites and to the
fi lters’ depth) due to localized geothermal anomalies, to different
distances from the coastline and presumably to circulations partly
developing in pre-quaternary deposits.
