An introduction to solute transport in heterogeneous geologic media / Tian-Chyi "Jim" Yeh, Yanhui Dong, Shujun Ye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeh, T.-C. (Tian-Chyi), author.

Dong, Yanhui (Professor of hydrogeology), author.

Ye, Suhujun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water quality--Mathematical models.

Water quality.

Water--Analysis--Mathematical models.

Water.

Soils--Solute movement--Mathematical models.

Soils.

Transport theory--Mathematical models.

Transport theory.

Diffusion in hydrology.

Reaction-diffusion equations--Numerical solutions.

Reaction-diffusion equations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Over the past several decades, analyses of solute migration in aquifers have widely adopted the classical advection-dispersion equation. However, misunderstandings over advection-dispersion concepts, their relationship with the scales of heterogeneity, our observation and interest, and their ensemble mean nature have created furious debates about the concepts' validity. This book provides a unified and comprehensive overview and lucid explanations of the stochastic nature of solute transport processes at different scales. It also presents tools for analyzing solute transport and its uncertainty to meet our needs at different scales. Easy-to-understand physical explanations without complex mathematics make this book an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and professionals performing groundwater quality evaluations, management, and remediation.

Contents:

Fundamental concepts

Well-mixed models for surface water quality analysis

Well-mixed models for subsurface water quality analysis

Molecular diffusion

Numerical methods for advection-diffusion equations

Shear flow dispersion

Solute transport in soil columns

Parameter estimation

Solute transport in field-scale aquifers

Field-scale solute transport experiments under natural gradient

Forced gradient field-scale tracer experiments

High-resolution characterization (tomographic surveys) hydraulic tomography and geophysics ERT surveys.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009049511 (ebook)

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