<p>The Monte Amiata region in the Southern Tuscany, Central Italy, describes a volcanic complex with great significance in terms of the regional fresh water supply, mining and geothermal power generation. Mainly for the latter purpose, the volcanic area of ...

<p>The Bagnore and Piancastagnaio geothermal fields of the Monte Amiata volcanic area (Figure 1) have been under exploitation for about half a century. Numerous geologic studies have been performed in this area due to its mining and geothermal peculiarity. ...

<p>Over the past several years, the Mt. Amiata volcanogeothermal area has drawn the attention of the Italian scientific community for an environmental impact assessment concerning any interactions between the geothermal exploitation and the fresh water resources ...