Arfib Bruno

My research focuses on the characterisation of flow in karstic carbonate rocks, using a naturalistic approach (field geology and geomorphology) and a quantitative approach (temporal and spatial evolution of the physico-chemical properties of groundwater, numerical modelling). This work requires the acquisition of data and observations in situ, at surface outcrops or by speleological explorations in the endokarst. The data is then interpreted to characterise the hydrodynamic functioning of the aquifers. Finally, numerical modelling of the flow and transport processes is used to deconvolute the signals and validate the conceptual models previously established. The methodologies developed are applied to examples from around the Mediterranean, particularly in the carbonate Lower Provence (coastal and continental zones).