Analytical solution of two-dimensional solute transport in an aquifer-aquitard system

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 162-174

  Zhan, Hongbin ^a   Wen, Zhang ^b   Huang, Guanhua ^b   Sun, Dongmin ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquitard advection; Aquitard diffusion; Laplace transform; Mass conservation; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER-AQUITARD SYSTEM; AQUITARD; AQUITARD ADVECTION; AQUITARD DIFFUSION; AQUITARDS; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DISTRIBUTION PROFILES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LAPLACE DOMAINS; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIONS; MASS CONSERVATION; MASS FLUX; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REAL-TIME DOMAINS; UPWARD ADVECTION; VERTICAL ADVECTION; VERTICAL DISPERSION;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACE; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ADVECTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISPERSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLUTIONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67649173057     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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