Description
Book SynopsisThe challenges facing groundwater scientists and engineers today demand expertise in a wide variety of disciplines-geology, hydraulics, geochemistry, geophysics, and biology.
Trade Review"Introduces theory...then applies...to practical contaminant transport problems." (
SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)
"...well-written, lucid, well-structured, informative, thorough, and above all provides a good balance between theoretical rigor and practical model application...a must for a hydrogeologist's and transport specialist's bookshelf..." (Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 32, July-August 2003)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Preface to the First Edition.
1. Introduction.
PART 1: CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES.
2. Darcy's Law and Advective Transport.
3. Dispersive Transport and Mass Transfer.
4. Transport with Chemical Reactions.
5. Mathematical Model and Analytical Solutions.
6. Simulation of Advective Transport.
7. Simulation of Advective-Dispersive Transport.
8. Simulation of Nonequilibrium Processes and Reactive Transport.
PART 2: FIELD APPLICATIONS.
9. A Framework for Model Applications.
10. Building a Contaminant Transport Model.
11. Model Input Parameters.
12. Model Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis.
13. Dealing with Uncertainty.
14. Contaminant Transport Modeling: Case Studies.
PART 3: ADVANCED TOPICS.
15. Simulation of Density-Dependent Flow and Transport.
16. Simulation of Flow and Transport in the Vadose Zone.
17. Optimal Management of Groundwater Quality.
Appendix A: Darcy's Law and the Variable-Density Flow Equation.
Appendix B: Application of Stream Functions to Groundwater Flows.
Appendix C: Information on Groundwater Modeling Software.
References.
Index.
