This project is the first research activity that implies field studies for investigating the mechanisms that generate orthotidal rivers. The research team is investigating termal waters in karst areas. Tidal signals are expected to be found in thermal karst springs and rivers. The following water parameters are measured: level/discharge, temperature and electrical conductivity. Air temperature, relative humidity and pressure are also measured in order to observe the influence of the atmosphere on the studied water parameters.
The study areas of this project are located in Romania in 5 distinct regions: Baile Felix-1 Mai, Moneasa, Geoagiu-Bai, Baile Herculane and Harsova. Each region consists of one or more areas where potentially useful thermal, cold and mixed waters were identified and are curently measured by using data loggers. Collected air and water measurement data is used for graphical and statistical analyses intended for describing the local environment (as control factor), for discovering orthotidal signals in surface waters and for proposing hypotheses explaining the generation of the detected periodic signals.

Project page: http://atlas.usv.ro/www/orthotidal-potamology/

L’espace rural roumain est marqué, tout comme la société dans son ensemble, par une série de transformations profondes, aussi bien au niveau de l’utilisation des ressources qu’au niveau du mode dont les habitants des villages s’adaptent à des changements profonds des partenaires de développement local. Dans le cadre de ce processus, les stratégies de développement ignorent les particularités géographiques et culturelles de certaines zones affectées par des fonctionnalités économiques non-adéquates ou par des aires minières abandonnées.

Le projet se propose une approche stratégique durable du développement durable de l’espace rural, par l’analyse des particularités géographiques des paysages culturels et surtout des friches minières (aires minières abandonnées) appartenant à la Roumanie et à la Belgique.

Project page: http://www.dipacult.usv.ro/

The main objective of the project refers to the evaluation of rivers response to climate change from Late Holocene estimated using palaeoenvironment archive stored in sedimentary characteristics and tree rings growth of subfossil trunks. The study area is located in north part of Romania, respectively, the valleys of rivers Moldova, Suceava, Siret (East of Carpathians) and Someșul Mare and Someșul Mic Rivers (West of Carpathians).

The expected outcome of such an interdisciplinary research will also contribute to the formation of a dendrochronological series of tree rings of subfossil trunks with high replicability for a longer period from Early and Mid Holocene. The importance of creating dendrochronological series derives from the need of reconstructing events that induced modifications in the behaviour of river channels. Tree rings series are among the most precise methods of positioning events in time and for their creation it is necessary very old biological material which can be sampled from alluvial complex.

Project page: https://georeview.ro/reconhist/