Transport of waste leakage in stratified formations Academic Article

abstract

• Contaminant transport in a strongly heterogeneous stratified formation whose log hydraulic conductivity distribution has a variance greater than unity is investigated. Four kinds of waste leakage scenario are studied. They are: (1) continuous waste leakage from landfills; (2) temporal waste leakage from landfills; (3) continuous deep-well injection wastes; and (4) temporal deep-well injection wastes. Ensemble average concentrations and variances of concentration distributions are calculated for the four scenarios. The results in this paper show that when heterogeneity of a formation increases, transport in this formation differs significantly from the linear solutions which assume that the variances of log hydraulic conductivity are less than unity.

authors

• Zhan, Hongbin

published proceedings

• ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

author list (cited authors)

• Zhan, H. B.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Zhan, HB

publication date

• October 1998

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Advances in Water Resources  Journal

keywords

• Contaminant Transport
• Stratified Formations
• Strongly Heterogeneous
• Waste Disposal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00001-3

start page

• 159

end page

• 168

volume

• 22

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fs0309-1708%2898%2900001-3