Physical and chemical properties of the groundwater of the Santo Domingo-Salinas ranges, South Central Pyrenees

• Main Authors: C. Oliván, E.L. Pueyo, E. Garrido-Schneider, A. Azcón, E. Sánchez-Moreno, J.C. Larrasoaña, F. Compaired
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
• Series: Journal of Maps
• Subjects: santo domingo-salinas ranges; protected landscape; groundwater; hydrogeology; hydrogeochemistry
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1736192

The Santo Domingo-Salinas ranges represent a unique Natural Area in the south-central Pyrenees, and they were declarationas a Protected Landscape in 2015. Available biological and geological knowledge is extensive but lacks of information on groundwater quality. In this work we provide new hydrogeological results and integrate them with previously available hydrogeological data. To do so, we have: (i) compiled existing hydrogeological information, (ii) exhaustively developed an inventory of water points, (iii) sampled, analyzed and interpreted the hydrochemical facies detected, and (iv) developed a preliminary conceptual model for the hydrogeological functioning of the area. These information has been integrated in an map that displays the chemical analyses of the two new campaigns (Stiff diagrams), the flow rates and the three aquifer systems defined. This new information improves and synthetizes the knowledge of the hidrogeology of the Santo Domingo-Salinas ranges Protected Landscape and it will help in its future management and planning.