Solé Marí, Guillem (Date of defense: 2020-03-13)
Fluid flow, solute transport, and chemical reactions in porous media are highly relevant for multiple applications and in several fields of knowledge. Aquifers are a typical example of porous media, but ...
Marazuela Calvo, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2020-07-03)
This thesis aims to advance the knowledge of the hydrogeological functioning of salt flats in order to achieve a sustainable management of their mineral resources and ecosystems. Salt flats are a major ...
López-Dóriga Sandoval, Uxía (Date of defense: 2020-12-18)
Coastal areas concentrate very high socio-economic and natural values, which will be highly threatened by climate change, particularly by sea-level rise (SLR). Given the intrinsic characteristics of ...
Garikapati, Hasini (Date of defense: 2020-03-28)
Uncertainty quantification is important in assessing and predicting the performance of complex engineering systems and processes, especially in the absence of adequate experimental or real-world data. ...
Del Val Alonso, Laura (Date of defense: 2020-06-03)
Detailed characterization of coastal aquifers is essential for proper management of coastal groundwater resources, and coastal areas in general. Still, there is a general lack of systematic monitoring ...
Labarre, Aurélie (Date of defense: 2020-11-26)
In the vast network of the ocean, microbes are abundant and unevenly distributed. As an important microbial component, the protists play a key role in global biogeochemical cycles and contribute to the ...
Soler Sagarra, Joaquim (Date of defense: 2020-07-28)
The study of transport of reacting solute through aquifers is relevant in many engineering fields. Reactive transport (RT) is complex because it consists of two phenomena, solute transport and chemical ...
Pinzón Ureña, Luis (Date of defense: 2020-09-18)
Earthquakes are defined as a "violent shaking of the Earth's crust and mantle, caused by forces acting inside the Earth". In most cases, these forces are caused by an energy release process generated ...
Parera Morales, Ferran (Date of defense: 2020-01-27)
The understanding of soil behavior is the foundation where the geotechnical engineering is built on. Experimentation is essential to improve this comprehension, and then to be able to translate it into ...
Rodríguez-Ros, Pablo (Date of defense: 2020-07-16)
Isoprene (C5H8) is the most widely emitted biogenic volatile organic carbon (BVOC). It is produced in the biosphere both on land and in the ocean, and in the atmosphere it acts as a precursor of secondary ...