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- An Introduction to Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Geologic Media
- An Introduction to Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Geologic Media
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Fundamental Concepts
- 2 Well-Mixed Models for Surface Water Quality Analysis
- 3 Well-Mixed Models for Subsurface Water Quality Analysis
- 4 Molecular Diffusion
- 5 Numerical Methods for Advection–Diffusion Equations
- 6 Shear Flow Dispersion
- 7 Solute Transport in Soil Columns
- 8 Parameter Estimation
- 9 Solute Transport in Field-Scale Aquifers
- 10 Field-Scale Solute Transport Experiments under Natural Gradient
- 11 Forced Gradient Field-Scale Tracer Experiments
- 12 High-Resolution Characterization (Tomographic Surveys)
- References
- Index
9 - Solute Transport in Field-Scale Aquifers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
- An Introduction to Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Geologic Media
- An Introduction to Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Geologic Media
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Fundamental Concepts
- 2 Well-Mixed Models for Surface Water Quality Analysis
- 3 Well-Mixed Models for Subsurface Water Quality Analysis
- 4 Molecular Diffusion
- 5 Numerical Methods for Advection–Diffusion Equations
- 6 Shear Flow Dispersion
- 7 Solute Transport in Soil Columns
- 8 Parameter Estimation
- 9 Solute Transport in Field-Scale Aquifers
- 10 Field-Scale Solute Transport Experiments under Natural Gradient
- 11 Forced Gradient Field-Scale Tracer Experiments
- 12 High-Resolution Characterization (Tomographic Surveys)
- References
- Index
Summary
Quantifying the multiscale hydraulic heterogeneity in aquifers and their effects on solute transport is the task of this chapter. Using spatial statistics, we explain how to quantify spatial variability of hydraulic properties or parameters in the aquifer using the stochastic or random field concept. In particular, we discuss spatial covariance, variogram, statistical homogeneity, heterogeneity, isotropy, and anisotropy concepts. Field examples complement the discussion. We then present a highly parameterized heterogeneous media (HPHM) approach for simulating flow and solute transport in aquifers with spatially varying hydraulic properties to meet our interest and observation scale. However, our limited ability to collect the needed information for this approach promotes alternatives such as Monte Carlo simulation, zonation, and equivalent homogeneous media (EHM) approaches with macrodispersion approaches. This chapter details the EHM with the macordispersion concept.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023