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[[File:BoreholeCores.png|thumbnail|200px|Borehole cores from the Akacievej field site.]]
 
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Low conductive matrix - can be heavily fractured - chert layers and nodules - sorption behavior for chlorinated solvents
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Revision as of 09:24, 16 September 2016

Physical processes

Advection, diffusion and dispersion, fracture flow, sorption and retardation

Governing equations

Flow

Groundwater flow in porous media is usually described by Darcy's law, giving a relation between hydraulic head gradient and groundwater flow. The fracture conductivity is usually determined via the fracture aperture using the cubic law.

Darcy's law.

Cubic law.

Flow equation.

Contaminant transport

To describe the transport of a substance in a porous medium, the advection-dispersion equation is usually employed. It includes the storage, advective and dispersive transport of a substance. Retardation due to sorption and degradation can be included.

The transport equation for an equivalent porous medium model.

Properties of limestone

Borehole cores from the Akacievej field site.

Low conductive matrix - can be heavily fractured - chert layers and nodules - varying hardness - sorption behavior for chlorinated solvents

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