Subsurface Flow and Transport
This book describes a major method in modeling the flow of water and transport of solutes in the subsurface, a subject of considerable interest in the exploitation and preservation of water resources. The stochastic approach allows the uncertainty that affects various properties and parameters to be incorporated in models of subsurface flow and transport. These much more realistic models are of greater use in, for example, modeling the transport and buildup of contaminants in groundwater. The book is a valuable reference work for graduate students, research workers and professionals in government and public institutions, and for those interested in hydrology, environmental issues, soil physics, petroleum engineering, geological engineering and applied mathematics.
- No other volume exists on the same topic
- Published in the well-respected International Hydrology Series, which is run in collaboration with a major UNESCO organisation
- Contributors are world experts in their field, which is of major importance for water supplies and water contamination worldwide
Reviews & endorsements
"...an excellent presentation by Professor Shlomo Neuman, of the University of Arizona, on a view to the future of stochastic approaches to subsurface flow and contaminant transport...will provide guidelines for research needs for many years." Jacob Bear, Transport in Porous Media
"...an excellent exposition of this important subject, and should be of interest to all those who are engaged in modeling flow and transport in the subsurface...All chapters include useful lists of references." Jacob Bear, Transport in Porous Media
"The book is written in a logical, simple, and clear way; it can be used by researchers in hydrology and applied mathematics, geologic engineering, environmental issues, soil, physics and petroleum." Galal Hassan Galal, The Leading Edge
Product details
October 2005Paperback
9780521020091
256 pages
298 × 211 × 15 mm
0.635kg
111 b/w illus. 2 tables
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Stochastic modeling of flow and transport: the broad perspective Gedeod Dagan
- Part II. Subsurface Characterization and Parameter Estimation:
- 2. Characterization of geological heterogeneity Mary P. Anderson
- 3. Application of geostatistics in subsurface hydrology Javier Samper
- 4. Formulations and computational issues of the inversion of random fields Jesús Carrera, AgustÃn Medina, Carl Axness and Tony Zimmerman
- Part III. Flow Modeling and Aquifer Management:
- 5. Groundwater in heterogeneous formations Peter Kitanidis
- 6. Aspects of numerical methods in multiphase flows Richard E. Ewing
- 7. Incorporating uncertainty into aquifer management models Steve Gorelick
- Part IV. Transport in Heterogeneous Aquifers:
- 8. Transport of inert solutes by groundwater: recent developments and current issues Yoram Rubin
- 9. Transport of reactive solutes Vladimir Cvetkovic
- 10. Nonlocal reactive transport with physical and chemical heterogeneity: linear nonequilibrium sorption with random rate coefficients Bill X. Hu, Fei-Wen Deng and John Cushman
- 11. Perspectives on field scale application of stochastic subsurface hydrology Lynn W. Gelhar
- Part V. Fractured Rocks and Unsaturated Soils:
- 12. Component characterization: an approach to fracture hydrology Jane C. S. Long, Christine Doughty, Akhil Datta-Gupta, Kevin Hestir and Don Vasco
- 13. Stochastic analysis of solute transport in partially saturated heterogeneous soils David Russo
- 14. Field scale modeling of immiscible organic chemical spills Jack Parker
- Part VI. A View to the Future:
- 15. Stochastic approach to subsurface flow and transport: a view to the future Shlomo Neuman.