In many parts of the world, groundwater resources are under increasing threatfrom growing demands, wasteful use, and contamination. To face the challenge,good planning and management practices are needed. A key to the management ofgroundwater is the ability to model the movement of fluids and contaminants. The purpose of this book is to construct conceptual and mathematical models that can provide the information required for making decisions associated with the management of groundwater resources, and the remediation of contaminated aquifers. The basic approach of this book is to accurately describe the underlying physics of groundwater flow and solute transport in heterogeneous porous media, starting at the microscopic level, and to rigorously derive their mathematical representations at the macroscopic levels. Most comprehensive book on mathematical modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport Deep insightinto the physics at the microscopic level and the mathematical averaging process Rigorous mathematics Addresses uncertainty and management issues Written by one of the most highly cited authors of groundwater books (Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media, and Hydraulics of Groundwater) INDICE: Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Groundwater and aquifers.- 3 Regionalgroundwater balance.- 4 Groundwater motion.- 5 Water balances and complete flowmodels.- 6 Modeling flow in the unsaturated zone.- 7 Modeling contaminant transport.- 8 Numerical models and computer codes.- 9 Sea water intrusion.- 10 Modeling under uncertainty.- 11 Management of groundwater.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6681-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 685
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés