Abstract
The purpose of this work is to illustrate the utility of the diffusive tracer-test method for investigating the influence of diffusion-mediated processes on solute transport at the field scale. The diffusive tracer test involves the use of a suite of tracers of various sizes (i.e., diffusivities), and is based on the hypothesis that diffusion-mediated processes will generally be sensitive to the aqueous diffusivity of the solute. Hence, the transport of tracers with different diffusivities should be different when diffusion-mediated processes are important. The method was successfully applied to a field site representative of alluvial aquifer systems.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Innovative subsurface remediation |
| Subtitle of host publication | field testing of physical, chemical and characterization technologies. ACS symposium series 725. |
| Editors | M.L. Brusseau, D.A. Sabatini, J.S. Gierke, M.D. Annable |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
| Pages | 251-264 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0841235961 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Environmental Science