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Modeling of Natural Organic Matter Transport Processes in Groundwater

A forced-gradient tracer test was conducted at the Georgetown site to study the transport of natural organic matter (NOM) in groundwater. In particular, the goal of this experiment was to investigate the interactions between NOM and the aquifer matrix. A detailed three-dimensional characterization of the hydrologic conductivity heterogeneity of the site was obtained using slug tests. The transport of a conservative tracer (chloride) was successfully reproduced using these conductivity data. Despite the good simulation of the flow field, NOM breakthrough curves could not be reproduced using a two-site sorption model with spatially constant parameters. Preliminary results suggest that different mechanisms for the adsorption/desorption processes, as well as their spatial variability, may significantly affect the transport and fate of NOM

© Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 103, núm. 1, p. 41-46

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Autor: Jim Yeh, T.C.
Mas-Pla, Josep
McCarthy, John F.
Williams, Thomas M.
Data: febrer 1995
Resum: A forced-gradient tracer test was conducted at the Georgetown site to study the transport of natural organic matter (NOM) in groundwater. In particular, the goal of this experiment was to investigate the interactions between NOM and the aquifer matrix. A detailed three-dimensional characterization of the hydrologic conductivity heterogeneity of the site was obtained using slug tests. The transport of a conservative tracer (chloride) was successfully reproduced using these conductivity data. Despite the good simulation of the flow field, NOM breakthrough curves could not be reproduced using a two-site sorption model with spatially constant parameters. Preliminary results suggest that different mechanisms for the adsorption/desorption processes, as well as their spatial variability, may significantly affect the transport and fate of NOM
Format: application/pdf
ISSN: 0091-6765 (versió paper)
1552-9924 (versió electrònica)
Accés al document: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/12944
Llenguatge: eng
Editor: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Col·lecció: Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3432011
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És part de: © Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 103, núm. 1, p. 41-46
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Matèria: Aigües subterrànies
Groundwater
Aigües subterrànies -- Contaminació
Groundwater -- Pollution
Models hidrològics
Hydrologic models
Títol: Modeling of Natural Organic Matter Transport Processes in Groundwater
Tipus: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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