A RESOLUTION ANALYSIS OF TWO GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING AND MONITORING HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS IN THE VADOSE ZONE
The objective of this study is to characterize and analyze in-situ flow and transport within the vadose zone during a mid-scale hydrologic infiltration experiment. This project has employed numerical and experimental tools developed under a previously funded EMSP proposal (project number 55332) to provide 3-D unsaturated hydrologic property distributions. In the present project, geophysical imaging techniques have been employed to track analogue contaminant plumes. The results are providing a better understanding of transport modes including the influence of natural heterogeneities and man-made structures within the vadose zone at DOE sites. In addition the data is providing checks against which numerical flow and transport simulations can be compared
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-02ER63501
- OSTI ID:
- 836470
- Report Number(s):
- EMSP-86890-2003; R&D Project: EMSP 86890; TRN: US200503%%658
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 4 Jun 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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