Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of mixing and mass balance calculations with standard and PCA-based geochemical codes

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1941-1956

  Gomez J B ^a   Auque L F ^a   Gimeno, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER SYSTEM; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 45049084800     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Appelo C.A.J., and Postma D. Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution. 2nd ed. (2005), A.A. Balkema, The Nederlands
2. Bath, A.H., Jackson, C.R., 2002. Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory. Task force on modeling of groundwater flow and transport of solutes, Review of Task, SKB International Progress Report IPR-03-10.
3. Carrera J., Vázquez-Suñé E., Castillo O., and Sánchez-Vila X. A methodology to compute mixing ratios with uncertain end-members. Water Resour. Res. 40 (2004) W12101 10.1029/2003WR002263
4. Douglas M., Clark I.D., Raven K., and Bottomley D. Groundwater mixing dynamics at a Canadian Shield mine. J. Hydrol. 235 (2000) 88-103
5. Gershenfeld N. The Nature of Mathematical Modeling (1999), Cambridge University Press
6. Gómez, J.B., Laaksoharju, M., Skårman, E., Gurban, I. 2006. M3 version 3: concepts, methods and mathematical formulation. SKB Technical Report TR-06-27.
7. Laaksoharju, M., 1999. Groundwater characterisation and modelling: problems, facts and possibilities. Ph.D. Thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
8. Laaksoharju, M. (Ed.), 2004. Hydrogeochemical evaluation of the Simpevarp area, model version 1.2. Preliminary site description of the Simpevarp area. SKB Report R 04-74, Stockholm, Sweden.
9. Laaksoharju, M. (Ed.), 2005. Hydrogeochemical evaluation of the Forsmark site, model version 1.2. Preliminary site description of the Forsmark area. SKB Report R 05-17, Stockholm, Sweden.
10. Laaksoharju, M. (Ed.), 2006. Hydrogeochemical evaluation: preliminary site description of the Laxemar subarea, version 2.1. SKB Technical Report R-06-12, Stockholm, Sweden.
11. Laaksoharju, M., Wallin, B. (Eds.), 1997. Evolution of the groundwater chemistry at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Äspö International Geochemistry Workshop, Äspö, Sweden, June 6-7, 1995, SKB International Cooperation Report 97-04, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
12. Laaksoharju, M., Skårman, C., Skårman, E., 1999a. Multivariate mixing and mass balance calculations (M3) - a new concept and computer program for decoding hydrochemical information. SKB Technical Report TS 00-01, Stockholm, Sweden.
13. Laaksoharju M., Skårman C., and Skårman E. Multivariate Mixing and Mass-balance (M3) calculations, a new tool for decoding hydrogeochemical information. Appl. Geochem. 14 (1999) 861-871
14. Laaksoharju M., Tullborg E.L., Wikberg P., Wallin B., and Smellie J. Hydrogeochemical conditions and evolution at the Äspö HRL, Sweden. Appl. Geochem. 14 (1999) 835-860
15. Laaksoharju, M., Gimeno, M., Auqué, L., Gómez, J., Smellie, J., Tullborg, E.-L. Gurban, I., 2004a. Hydrogeochemical evaluation of the Forsmark site, model version 1.1. SKB Report 04-05, SKB, Stockholm, Sweden.
16. Laaksoharju, M., Smellie, J., Gimeno, M., Auqué, L., Gómez, J., Tullborg, E.-L. Gurban, I., 2004b. Hydrogeochemical evaluation of the Simpevarp area, model version 1.1. SKB Report R 04-16, Stockholm, Sweden.
17. Laaksoharju, M., Auqué, L., Gimeno, M Gómez, J., Gurban, I., Hallbeck, L., Molinero, J., Rasposo, J., Smellie, J., Tullborg, E.-L., 2005. Hydrogeochemical evaluation. Preliminary site description, Forsmark area, version 1.2. SKB Report 05-17, SKB, Stockholm, Sweden.
18. Laaksoharju M., Gascoyne M., and Gurban I. Understanding groundwater chemistry using mixing models. Appl. Geochem. 23 (2008) 1921-1940
19. Louvat D., Michelot J.L., and Aranyossy J.F. Origin and residence time of salinity in the Äspö groundwater system. Appl. Geochem. 14 (1999) 917-925
20. Luukkonen, A., 2001. Groundwater mixing and geochemical reactions. An inverse-modelling approach. In: Luukkonen, A., Kattilakoski, E. (Eds.), Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory. Groundwater flow, mixing and geochemical reactions at Äspö HRL. Task 5. Äspö Task Force on groundwater flow and transport of solutes, SKB Progress Report IPR-02-41, Stockholm, Sweden.
21. Negrel P., and Casanova J. Comparison of the Sr isotopic signatures in brines of the Canadian and Fenoscandian shields. Appl. Geochem. 20 (2005) 749-766
22. Parkhurst, D.L., Appelo, C.A.J., 1999. User's guide to PHREEQC (Version 2), a computer program for speciation, batch reaction, one dimensional transport, and inverse geochemical calculations. US Geol. Surv. Science Report WRRIR 99-4259.
23. Peterman Z.E., and Wallin B. Synopsis of strontium isotope variations in groundwater at Äspö, southern Sweden. Appl. Geochem. 14 (1999) 939-951
24. Plummer, L.N., Prestemon, E.C., Parkhurst, D.L.,1994. An interactive code (NETPATH) for modeling NET geochemical reactions along a flow PATH. Version 2.0. US Geol. Surv. Water-Resour. Invests Report 94-4169.
25. Rueedi J., Purtschert R., Beyerle U., Alberich C., and Kipfer R. Estimating groundwater mixing ratios and their uncertainties using a statistical multi-parameter approach. J. Hydrol. 305 (2005) 1-14
26. SKB, 2005a. Preliminary site description: Simpevarp subarea - version 1.2. SKB Report 05-8, SKB, Stockholm, Sweden.
27. SKB, 2005b. Preliminary site description: Forsmark area - version 1.2. SKB Report 05-18, SKB, Stockholm, Sweden.
28. Smellie J., Laaksoharju M., and Wikberg P. Äspö, SE Sweden: a natural groundwater flow model derived from hydrogeochemical observations. J. Hydrol. 172 (1995) 147-169
29. Suk H., and Lee K.K. Characterization of ground water hydro-chemical system through multivariate analysis: clustering into ground water zones. Ground Water 37 (1999) 358-366
30. Vázquez-Suñé E., Sánchez-Vila X., Carrera J., Marizza R., Arandes R., and Gutierrez L.A. Rising of groundwater levels in Barcelona: evolution and effect on urban structures. In: Chilton J. (Ed). Groundwaters in the Urban Environment (1997), A.A. Balkema 267-271
31. Viani, B.E., Bruton, C.J., 1997. In assessing the role of cation exchange in controlling groundwater chemistry during fluid mixing in fractured granite at Äspö, Sweden. In: Laaksoharju, M., Wallin, B. (Eds.), Evolution of the Groundwater Chemistry at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, SKB Report 97-04, Stockholm, Sweden.