Importance of considering intraborehole flow in solute transport modeling under highly dynamic flow conditions

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Ma, Rui ^a,b   Zheng, Chunmiao ^a   Tonkin, Matt ^c   Zachara, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c SS Papadopulos and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer heterogeneity; Dynamic flow; Hanford IFRC site; Intraborehole flow; Solute transport modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY; DYNAMIC FLOW; HANFORD IFRC SITE; INTRABOREHOLE FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING;

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALIBRATION; FLOW FIELDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BROMIDE ION; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CALIBRATION; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; INTRABOREHOLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOLUTE;

BROMIDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 79952190055     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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