Groundwater Quality, Hydrochemical Assessment and Water–Gas–Rock Interaction processes
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editors
Interests: groundwater quality; isotope geochemistry; gas-water-rock interaction processes; groundwater vulnerability assessment; groundwater pollution; volcanic surveillance; monitoring systems
Interests: groundwater quality; isotope geochemistry; gas-water-rock interaction processes; groundwater vulnerability assessment; groundwater pollution; volcanic surveillance; monitoring systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Groundwater systems are strongly influenced by water–gas–rock interactions, controlling hydrochemical evolution and determining both geological and environmental implications. Isotopic and geochemical tracers provide unique tools to unravel fluid origins and reconstruct past tectonic and geological events. At the same time, monitoring groundwater chemistry and isotopic variability offers a promising approach for detecting early signs of natural hazards, such as volcanic unrest episodes, seismic activity and subsurface gas migration.
This Special Issue invites contributions integrating (i) hydrochemical, (ii) isotopic and (iii) modeling approaches to advance the understanding of aquifer dynamics and their role as indicators of geodynamic processes. This Issue aims to foster strategies for the interpretation of short/long-term hydrogeological evolution as well as for groundwater protection and risk mitigation. The main topics of interest include (but are not limited) the following:
- The hydrogeochemical and isotopic characterization of groundwater;
- Water–gas–rock interaction processes and geochemical modeling;
- Isotopic and chemical tracers in active tectonic and volcanic areas;
- Groundwater monitoring as a tool for natural hazard prevention;
- Natural contamination, geogenic pollutants and gas migration;
- Innovative analytical and modeling methods for hydrochemical assessment.
Dr. Francesco Rufino
Prof. Dario Tedesco
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- groundwater quality
- isotope geochemistry
- gas–water–rock interaction processes
- geochemical modeling
- groundwater pollution
- monitoring systems
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