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2005

Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Aquifers

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Modeling Groundwater Flow And Contaminant Transporting Fractured Aquifers, Jason M. Bordas Mar 2005

Modeling Groundwater Flow And Contaminant Transporting Fractured Aquifers, Jason M. Bordas

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The hybrid discrete fracture network/equivalent porous medium (DFN/EPM) model was selected for analysis and application to simulate a contaminated site in this study. The DFN/EPM was selected because it appeared to have the potential to aid decision making by remedial project managers at contaminated DoD fractured aquifer sites. This model can use data that are typically available at a site while incorporating the important processes relevant to describing contaminant transport in a fractured medium. The model was applied to simulate the operation of a pump-and-treat remedial action at a trichloroethene-contaminated fractured aquifer at Pease AFB. The model was able to …