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Overview

Emilio Custodio was affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Their research activity covered several interconnected areas primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. They published extensively on topics related to hydrogeology, groundwater dynamics, and environmental systems.

The scientist's work spanned multiple subfields including:

  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

Main research topics examined by Emilio Custodio involved:

  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate variability and models

The scientist published numerous papers, including the following recent contributions:

  • Origin and variability of oxygen and hydrogen isotopic composition of precipitation in the Central Andes: A review (2020), Journal of Hydrology
  • Recharge and residence times of groundwater in hyper arid areas: The confined aquifer of Calama, Loa River Basin, Atacama Desert, Chile (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • The catastrophic effects of groundwater intensive exploitation and Megadrought on aquifers in Central Chile: Global change impact projections in water resources based on groundwater balance modeling (2023), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Snowmelt as a determinant factor in the hydrogeological behaviour of high mountain karst aquifers: The Garcés karst system, Central Pyrenees (Spain) (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Evaluation of natural background levels of high mountain karst aquifers in complex hydrogeological settings. A Gaussian mixture model approach in the Port del Comte (SE, Pyrenees) case study (2020), The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors in Emilio Custodio's research include:

  • Jorge Jódar
  • L.J. Lambán
  • Javier Urrutia
  • Christian Herrera
  • Sergio Martos-Rosillo

The scientist published heavily in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • BOLETÍN GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Water
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Aquifer overexploitation: what does it mean?

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  • Using the Cl/Br ratio as a tracer to identify the origin of salinity in aquifers in Spain and Portugal

    Francisco J. Alcalá;Emilio Custodio

  • Coastal aquifers of Europe: an overview

    Emilio Custodio

  • Intensive use of groundwater : challenges and opportunities

    Manuel Ramón Llamas;Emilio Custodio

  • Modeling of non-isothermal multi-component reactive transport in field scale porous media flow systems

    Tianfu Xu;Javier Samper;Carlos Ayora;Marisol Manzano

  • Groundwater Problems in Coastal Areas

    Emilio Custodio;G. A. Bruggeman

  • Groundwater intensive use and mining in south-eastern peninsular Spain: Hydrogeological, economic and social aspects.

    Emilio Custodio;José Miguel Andreu-Rodes;Ramón Aragón;Teodoro Estrela

  • Inverse modelling of seawater intrusion in the Llobregat delta deep aquifer

    V Iribar;J Carrera;E Custodio;A Medina

  • Conceptual hydrogeological model of volcanic Easter Island (Chile) after chemical and isotopic surveys

    Christian Herrera;Emilio Custodio

  • Spatial average aquifer recharge through atmospheric chloride mass balance and its uncertainty in continental Spain

    Francisco J. Alcalá;Francisco J. Alcalá;Emilio Custodio

  • State of knowledge of coastal aquifer management in South America

    Emilia Bocanegra;Gerson Cardoso Da Silva;Emilio Custodio;Marisol Manzano

  • Atmospheric chloride deposition in continental Spain

    Francisco J. Alcalá;Francisco J. Alcalá;Emilio Custodio

  • Groundwater flow in a closed basin with a saline shallow lake in a volcanic area: Laguna Tuyajto, northern Chilean Altiplano of the Andes.

    Christian Herrera;Emilio Custodio;Guillermo Chong;Luis Javier Lambán

  • Groundwater flow and quality modelling

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  • Groundwater intensive exploitation and mining in Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain: Hydrogeological, environmental, economic and social aspects.

    Emilio Custodio;María del Carmen Cabrera;Roberto Poncela;Luis-Olavo Puga

  • Diffuse and concentrated recharge evaluation using physical and tracer techniques: results from a semiarid carbonate massif aquifer in southeastern Spain

    Francisco J. Alcalá;Francisco J. Alcalá;Yolanda Cantón;Sergio Contreras;Ana Were

  • Baseline groundwater quality: a European approach

    Pedro Nieto;Emilio Custodio;Marisol Manzano

  • Isotopic and hydrogeochemical characterization of high-altitude karst aquifers in complex geological settings. The Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Northern Spain) case study.

    L.J. Lambán;J. Jódar;E. Custodio;A. Soler

  • Groundwater origin and recharge in the hyperarid Cordillera de la Costa, Atacama Desert, northern Chile.

    Christian Herrera;Christian Herrera;Carolina Gamboa;Carolina Gamboa;Emilio Custodio;Teresa Jordan

  • 3D mapping, hydrodynamics and modelling of the freshwater-brine mixing zone in salt flats similar to the Salar de Atacama (Chile)

    M.A. Marazuela;M.A. Marazuela;E. Vázquez-Suñé;E. Custodio;T. Palma;T. Palma

  • Groundwater salinity and hydrochemical processes in the volcano-sedimentary aquifer of La Aldea, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.

    Tatiana Cruz-Fuentes;María del Carmen Cabrera;Javier Heredia;Emilio Custodio

  • Origin of waters from small springs located at the northern coast of Chile, in the vicinity of Antofagasta

    Christian Herrera;Emilio Custodio

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Soler
Albert Soler University of Barcelona
Linda Godfrey
Linda Godfrey Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
W.M. Edmunds
W.M. Edmunds University of Oxford
Carlos Ayora
Carlos Ayora Spanish National Research Council
Teresa E. Jordan
Teresa E. Jordan Cornell University
Alberto Sáez
Alberto Sáez University of Barcelona
Dioni I. Cendón
Dioni I. Cendón Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Vincent E. A. Post
Vincent E. A. Post Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Francisco Domingo
Francisco Domingo Spanish National Research Council
Jorge Pey
Jorge Pey Spanish National Research Council

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