Groundwater Contaminant Transport Modeling (Hardcover)

Subsurface Characterization. Groundwater Contamination ? Regulatory Drivers and Contamination Sources. Fundamentals of Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow. Hydrogeological Investigations ? Estimating Hydrogeological Properties. Hydrogeological Investigations ? Contamination Sampling and Plume Delineation. Vadose Zone Investigations ? Conceptualization of the Vadose Zone. Vadose Zone Investigations ? Flow in the Vadose Zone. Subsurface Fate and Transport Processes. Introduction to Groundwater Transport Processes ? Advection, Diffusion and Dispersion. Reactions in the Subsurface. Interphase Mass-transfer in the Subsurface. Governing Contaminant Transport in the vadose zone and aquifer environments. Analytical and Numerical Methods. One-Dimensional Analytical Solutions. Two- and Three-Dimensional Analytical Solutions. Finite-difference Methods. Statistical Methods for Analyzing Groundwater Data. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis. Application Issues and Case-Studies. Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping. Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids in the Subsurface. Transport of Metals and Inorganic Constituents in the Subsurface. Biological and Emerging Contaminants in the Subsurface. Exposure Assessment near a Groundwater Contaminated Site. Risk-based Corrective Action. Monitored Natural Attenuation. Groundwater Capture Zone Analysis. Appendix. Introduction to R programming Environment. Chemical Characterization and Material Balances Review. Groundwater Flow Equations.