Analysis of subsurface contaminant migration and remediation using high performance computing

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-221

  Tompson, Andrew F B ^a   Falgout, Robert D ^a   Smith, Steven G ^a   Bosl, William J ^a   Ashby, Steven F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Heterogeneity; High performance computation; Porous media; Remediation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT RECOVERY; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; GAUSSIAN MODELS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION;

EID: 0345129976     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00013-X     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Ashby, S. F., ParFlow home page: http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/ParFlow/, 1996.
2. Ashby S. F., Falgout R. D. A parallel multigrid preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm for groundwater flow simulations. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 124(1):1996;145-159.
3. d's. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (UCRL-AR-105002), 1990.
4. Blake, R. G., Maley, M. P. and Noyes, C. M., Hydrostratigraphic analysis - the key to cost effective ground water cleanup at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (UCRL-JC-120614), 1995.
5. Carle, S. F., A transition probability-based approach to geostatistical characterization of hydrostratigraphic architecture. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis, 1996, 238 pp.
6. Carle S. F., Fogg G. E. Modeling spatial variability with one- and multidimensional Markov chains. Mathematical Geology. 28:1997;453-476.
7. Copty N., Rubin Y. A stochastic approach to the characterization of lithofacies from surface seismic and well data. Water Resources Research. 31(7):1995;1673-1686.
8. Dagan, G., Flow and Transport in Porous Formations. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1989.
9. Daily W., Ramirez A., LaBreque D., Nitao J. Electrical resistivity tomography of vadose zone water movement. Water Resources Research. 28(5):1992;1429-1442.
10. Deutsch, C. V. and Journel, A. G., Geostatistical Software Library and User's Guide. Oxford University Press, New York, 1992, 340 pp.
11. Fogg, G. E., Noyes, C. D. and Carle, S. F., Geologically-based model of heterogeneous hydraulic conductivity in an alluvial setting. Hydrogeology Journal, 1998, in press.
12. Gelhar, L. W., Stochastic Subsurface Hydrology. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.
13. Hyndman D. W., Gorelick S. M. Estimating lithologic and transport properties in three-dimensions using seismic and tracer data. The Kesterson aquifer. Water Resources Research. 32(9):1996;2659-2670.
14. Journel A., Alabert F. New method for reservoir mapping. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 42(2):1990;212-218.
15. Jussel P., Stauffer F., Dracos T. Transport modeling in heterogeneous aquifers, 1. Statistical description and numerical generation of gravel deposits. Water Resources Research. 30(6):1994;1803-1817.
16. Neuman S. P., Orr S. Prediction of steady state flow in nonuniform geologic media by conditional moments - exact nonlocal formalism, effective conductivity, and weak approximation. Water Resources Research. 29(2):1993;341-364.
17. Painter S. Evidence for non-Gaussian scaling behavior in heterogeneous sedimentary formations. Water Resources Research. 32(5):1996;1183-1195.
18. Poeter E. P., McKenna S. A. Reducing uncertainty associated with groundwater flow and transport predictions. Ground Water. 33(6):1995;899-904.
19. Rajaram H., Gelhar L. W. Plume scale dependent dispersion in heterogeneous aquifers, 2. Eulerian analysis and 3-dimensional aquifers. Water Resources Research. 29(9):1993;3261-3276.
20. Rubin Y., Mavko G., Harris J. Mapping permeability in heterogeneous aquifers using hydrologic and seismic data. Water Resources Research. 28(7):1992;1809-1816.
21. Scheibe T. D., Freyberg D. L. Use of sedimentological information for geometric simulation of natural porous media structure. Water Resources Research. 31(12):1995;3259-3270.
22. Smith, R. W., Schafer, A. L. and Tompson, A. F. B., Theoretical relationships between reactivity and permeability for monomineralic porous media. Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings, Vol. 412. Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, pp. 693-700.
23. Thorpe, R. K., Isherwood, W. F., Dresen, M. D. and Webster-Sholten, C. P. (Eds), CERCLA Remedial Investigations Report for the LLNL Livermore Site. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (UCAR-10299), 1990.
24. Tompson A. F. B., Ababou R., Gelhar L. W. Implementation of the three dimensional turning bands random field generator. Water Resources Research. 25(10):1989;2227-2243.
25. Tompson, A. F. B., Flow and transport within the saturated zone beneath LLNL: Modeling considerations for heterogeneous media. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (UCID-21828), 1990.
26. Tompson A. F. B., Gelhar L. W. Numerical simulation of solute transport in three-dimensional, randomly heterogeneous porous media. Water Resources Research. 26(10):1990;2541-2562.
27. Tompson A. F. B. Numerical simulation of chemical migration in physically and chemically heterogeneous porous media. Water Resources Research. 29(11):1993;3709-3726.
28. Tompson, A. F. B., McKereghan, P. F. and Nichols, E.M. (Eds), Preliminary simulation of contaminant migration at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA (UCRL-ID-115991), 1995.
29. Tompson A. F. B., Schafer A. L., Smith R. W. Impacts of physical and chemical heterogeneity on co-contaminant transport in a sandy porous medium. Water Resources Research. 32(4):1996;801-818.
30. Webb E. Simulating the three-dimensional distribution of sediment units in braided stream deposits. Journal of Sedimentary Research. B64(2):1994;219-231.
31. Webb E., Anderson M. Simulation of preferential flow in three-dimensional, heterogeneous conductivity fields with realistic internal architecture. Water Resources Research. 32(3):1996;533-545.