Ground water models : scientific and regulatory applications /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1989.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780309568357 0309568358 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- GROUND WATER MODELS; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Overview, Conclusions, and Recommendations; OVERVIEW; CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; Models and Subsurface Processes; Conclusions; Models and Decisionmaking; Conclusions; Recommendations; Maintaining Scientific Integrity; Conclusions; Recommendations; Recommendations for the Future; 1 Introduction; THE GROWTH IN THE USE OF MODELS; REFERENCES; 2 Modeling of Processes; INTRODUCTION; Ground Water Flow; Multiphase Flow; Dissolved Contaminant Transport; Advection; Diffusion; Dispersion; Radioactive Decay; Sorption; Precipitation and Dissolution.
- Acid/Base ReactionsComplexation; Hydrolysis/Substitution; Redox Reactions; Biological Transformations; WHAT IS A MODEL?; Governing Equations; Boundary and Initial Conditions and Parameter Values; Solving Flow and Transport Equations; REFERENCES; 3 Flow Processes; INTRODUCTION; SATURATED CONTINUUM FLOW; State of the Art; Implications for the Use of Saturated Continuum Flow Models in Decisionmaking; Spatial Dimensionality; Boundary Conditions; Transient Versus Steady State; Discretization; Velocity Computation; Parameter Values; FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE.
- Characterization of the Unsaturated ZoneCONCEPTS OF WATER FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE; FRACTURE FLOW; Theory of Flow in Fractures; Strategies for Modeling; ISSUES IN MODELING; A Fractured Medium as a Continuum; Computational Constraints on Discrete Network Models; Uncertainty in Establishing the Network Geometry; Adequacy of Modeling Technology; REFERENCES; 4 Transport; INTRODUCTION; TRANSPORT OF CONSERVATIVE SOLUTES; NONCONSERVATIVE SOLUTES; Equilibrium and Kinetic Models of Reactions; Abiotic Reactions; Geochemical Models.
- Incorporation of Abiotic Transformations into Solute Transport ModelsPhase Transfers; Assessment of Kinetics; Incorporation of Phase Transfers into Solute Transport Models; Biological Reactions; Microbiological Kinetics; Incorporation of Biological Processes into Solute Transport Models; TRANSPORT IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE; Unsaturated Flow and Transport in Structured Soils; MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT; Seawater Intrusion; Organic Fluid Contamination; Governing Equations for Multiphase Flow; Parameters and Initial and Boundary Conditions for Multiphase Flow; Problems Associated with Multiphase Flow.