Applied Geology

Part I: Hydrogeology and Aquifer Contamination.- Chapter 1. Geological and hydrogeological characterization of springs in a DSGSD context (Rodoretto Valley - NW Italian Alps) (Martina Gizzi, Stefano Lo Russo, Maria Gabriella Forno, Elena Cerino Abdin, Glenda Taddia).- Chapter 2. Evaluation and prediction of seepage discharge through tailings dams when their rising (Viacheslav V. Fetisov, Elena A. Menshikova).- Chapter 3. Sediment yield in mountain basins, analysis and management: the SMART-SED project (Davide Brambilla, Monica Papini, Vladislav Ivov Ivanov, Luca Bonaventura, Andrea Abbate, Laura Longoni).- Chapter 4. Natural groundwater background levels of nitrate and landfill effects (Apulia, Southern Italy) (Livia Emanuela Zuffianò, Pier Paolo Limoni, Giorgio De Giorgio, Maurizio Polemio).- Part II: Geology and Urban areas.- Chapter 5. Sinkholes in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region focus on the evaporites (Chiara Calligaris, Luca Zini, Stefania Nisio, Chiara Piano).- Chapter 6. Collapses in calcarenitic deposits along the sides of the Ginosa ravine in south Italy (Angelo Doglioni, Vincenzo Simeone).- Chapter 7. Relation between on field and InSAR data on landslide-induced damage (Matteo Del Soldato, Silvia Bianchini, Pantaleone De Vita, Diego Di Martire, Roberto Tomás, Domenico Calcaterra, Nicola Casagli).- Chapter 8. A hierarchical model for the Rocca di Sciara north-eastern slope instabilities (Sicily, Italy) (Mario Valiante, Francesca Bozzano, Marta Della Seta, Domenico Guida).- Part III: Geomechanics.- Chapter 9. Comparing direct and indirect methods to estimate Uniaxial Compressive Strength of rocks belonging to the Dolomites sequence (NE Italian Alps) (Elia Longo, Ennio Chiesurin, Mario Floris).- Chapter 10. CO2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery: Worldwide status and Indian scenario (Bankim Mahanta, Vikram Vishal).- Part IV: Landslide: Monitoring.- Chapter 11. Hydrological behavior of unsaturated shallow soils on a slope and its

Marina De Maio was a Professor of Applied Geology and GIS in the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. She was a Representative of Politecnico di Torino in the "European Technical and Scientific Committee (ETSC)" and European Water Association (EWA) and Senior Consultant for UNESCO. She has published several articles as Author and Coauthor in various reputed national and international journals. Her research activity was mainly on geological risk assessment, aquifer vulnerability, pollution risk, water resources management, climate change, mining and GIS. She has developed some part of "SINTACS" method to evaluate aquifer venerability during her research work and has completed several international and national research projects. She has also served as Reviewer for many international and national journals.




Ashwani Kumar Tiwari is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His teaching and research areas are water resources management and GIS, hydro-geochemistry, pollution of water resources by geogenic and anthropogenic activities, groundwater-seawater interaction and aquifer vulnerability. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy for around four years. He has completed his M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Environmental Science. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India, in 2016. He was awarded Erasmus Mundus and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Scholarships. He has travelled to Canada, Chile, Malta, Germany, Estonia, Bulgaria and Finland for academic-/research-related pursuits. He has published several research articles in various reputed international and national journals, and his works on respective fields are very well appreciated