An introduction to solute transport in heterogeneous geologic media /
Tian-Chyi "Jim" Yeh, Yanhui Dong, Shujun Ye.
- 1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2023).
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.
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.
9781009049511 (ebook)
Water quality--Mathematical models. Water--Analysis--Mathematical models. Soils--Solute movement--Mathematical models. Transport theory--Mathematical models. Diffusion in hydrology. Reaction-diffusion equations--Numerical solutions.