A Transient Numerical Simulation of Perched Ground-Water Flow at the Test Reactor Area, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho, 1952-94
- USGS; U.S. Geological Survey
Studies of flow through the unsaturated zone and perched ground-water zones above the Snake River Plain aquifer are part of the overall assessment of ground-water flow and determination of the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). These studies include definition of the hydrologic controls on the formation of perched ground-water zones and description of the transport and fate of wastewater constituents as they moved through the unsaturated zone. The definition of hydrologic controls requires stratigraphic correlation of basalt flows and sedimentary interbeds within the saturated zone, analysis of hydraulic properties of unsaturated-zone rocks, numerical modeling of the formation of perched ground-water zones, and batch and column experiments to determine rock-water geochemical processes. This report describes the development of a transient numerical simulation that was used to evaluate a conceptual model of flow through perched ground-water zones beneath wastewater infiltration ponds at the Test Reactor Area (TRA).
- Research Organization:
- U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 765569
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID-22162
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BATCH AND COLUMN EXPERIMENTS
CONTAMINANTS
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GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES
HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BASALT
BATCH AND COLUMN EXPERIMENTS
CONTAMINANTS
FATE AND TRANSPORT
GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
GROUND WATER
HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES
HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS
IDAHO
NUMERICAL MODELING
PERCHED GROUND-WATER
SEDIMENTARY INTERBEDS
SIMULATION
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN
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STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION
SUB-SURFACE
TEST REACTORS
TRANSIENT NUMERICAL SIMULATION
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