The Guarani Aquifer System–from regional reserves to local use

R Hirata, S Foster - Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
The Guarani Aquifer System is a massive groundwater body underlying large areas of
Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, with a thickness of 50–600 m (averaging about …

[HTML][HTML] The Guarani Aquifer System: From a Beacon of hope to a question mark in the governance of transboundary aquifers

F Sindico, R Hirata, A Manganelli - Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Latin America. Parana Basin. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Study focus This article traces the trajectory of transboundary cooperation over the past …

From global to local scale: How international experiences contribute to the fossil water management of the Guarani Aquifer System

FS Rörig, R Hirata, DO Barbati - Environmental Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Guarani Aquifer System (GAS) helps to guarantee water security for over 100
cities in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, where more than 15 million people live …

Influence of geological discontinuities on the groundwater flow of the Serra Geral Fractured Aquifer System

T De Vargas, FE Boff, R Belladona, LF Faccioni… - Groundwater for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Groundwater circulation in fractured aquifer systems is a topic of worldwide interest as they
are heterogeneous and peculiar environments. In Brazil, little is known about the …

Estimation of fracture orientation distributions from a sampling window based on geometric probabilistic method

Q Zhang, X Wang, L He, L Tian - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Accurate orientation distributions are crucial to generating a reliable discrete fracture
network (DFN) model for rock mass, while conventional one-dimensional (1D) and two …

Hydrogeochemical spatialization and controls of the Serra Geral Aquifer System in southern Brazil: A regional approach by self-organizing maps and k-means …

MR Santos, A Roisenberg, F Iwashita… - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the regional hydrogeochemical spatialization and
controls of the Serra Geral Aquifer System (SGAS), a transboundary fractured aquifer, across …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a conceptual groundwater flow model using a combined hydrogeological, hydrochemical and isotopic approach: A case study from southern …

KAR Kpegli, A Alassane, SE van der Zee… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region The Turonian-Coniacian aquifer system in the North of the Coastal
Sedimentary Basin, southern Benin, West Africa. Study focus The Turonian-Coniacian …

Stress tensors and quantification of fracture patterns to analyze connectivity and potential fluid flow in a mesa landform of the Northern Andes

S García-Arias, F Velandia, A Alvarez… - Journal of Mountain …, 2024 - Springer
This work applies stress tensors inversions and quantification of fracture patterns along the
Mesa de Los Santos, in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, to better understand the …

Insight into the Katari-Lago Menor Basin aquifer, Lake Titicaca-Bolivia, inferred from geophysical (TDEM), hydrogeological and geochemical data

GPF Avilés, M Descloitres, C Duwig, Y Rossier… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for water and irrigation in the semi-arid Bolivian Altiplano requires a
better knowledge of the available resources, particularly groundwater. The aim of this study …

Solute transport characteristics of columnar volumetric contraction networks with mega column structure and aperture variability

JA Honer, DM Reeves, MEM Akara… - Advances in Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations explore for the first time the role of mega columns and aperture
variability on particle transport through mature volumetric contraction networks as informed …