Characterization of seawater intrusion and submarine groundwater discharge in al luvial coastal aquifers: field and laboratory approach 

    Martínez Pérez, Laura (Date of defense: 2020-07-09)

    Seawater intrusion (SWI) causes not only salinization of coastal aquifers, but also a reduction submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and nutrient fluxes to marine ecosystems. We have developed a small scale experimental ...

    A hydrogeological approach in urban underground infrastructures 

    Serrano Juan, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2016-07-22)

    The competition for space in urban areas due to an exponential growth of population makes derground engineering plays a crucial role in the development of cities. Urban underground infrastructures deal with variables such ...

    A machine learning based methodology for anomaly detection in dam behaviour 

    Salazar González, Fernando (Date of defense: 2017-02-23)

    Dam behaviour is difficult to predict with high accuracy. Numerical models for structural calculation solve the equations of continuum mechanics, but are subject to considerable uncertainty as to the characterisation of ...

    Microbial and geochemical dynamics in soils and their impact on the hydraulic properties : from laboratory experiments to model development 

    Carles Brangarí, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)

    Most of the microorganisms on Earth are found in sophisticated colonies called biofilms. Such microbial communities may proliferate everywhere life can exist as long as nutrients are available and surface attachment is ...

    Upscaling mixing-limited chemical reactions from pore to continuum scale using the dispersive lamella concept 

    Perez Fonseca, Lazaro J. (Date of defense: 2019-05-17)

    Reactive transport modeling is an important tool for the analysis of coupled physical, chemical, and biological processes in Earth systems. Observed reactive transport in heterogeneous porous media shows a different behavior ...