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Title: A vadose zone Transport Processes Investigation within the glacial till at the Fernald Environmental Management Project.

Abstract

This report describes a model Transport Processes Investigation (TPI) where field-scale vadose zone flow and transport processes are identified and verified through a systematic field investigation at a contaminated DOE site. The objective of the TPI is to help with formulating accurate conceptual models and aid in implementing rational and cost effective site specific characterization strategies at contaminated sites with diverse hydrogeologic settings. Central to the TPI are Transport Processes Characterization (TPC) tests that incorporate field surveys and large-scale infiltration experiments. Hypotheses are formulated based on observed pedogenic and hydrogeologic features as well as information provided by literature searches. The field and literature information is then used to optimize the design of one or more infiltration experiments to field test the hypothesis. Findings from the field surveys and infiltration experiments are then synthesized to formulate accurate flow and transport conceptual models. Here we document a TPI implemented in the glacial till vadose zone at the Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP) in Fernald, Ohio, a US Department of Energy (DOE) uranium processing site. As a result of this TPI, the flow and transport mechanisms were identified through visualization of dye stain within extensive macro pore and fracture networks which provided themore » means for the infiltrate to bypass potential aquatards. Such mechanisms are not addressed in current vadose zone modeling and are generally missed by classical characterization methods.« less

Authors:
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  1. FERMCO Technology Development, Cincinnati, OH
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
922076
Report Number(s):
SAND2005-7142
TRN: US0802138
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FEED MATERIALS PRODUCTION CENTER; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FIELD TESTS; FLOW MODELS; WATER INFLUX; DYES; GEOLOGIC FRACTURES; OHIO; Groundwater flow.; Simulation and Modeling; Data modeling.; Soil mechanics.; Flow measurement.

Citation Formats

Schwing, J, Roepke, Craig Senninger, Brainard, James Robert, Glass, Robert John, Jr., Mann, Michael J. A., Holt, Robert M, and Kriel, Kelly. A vadose zone Transport Processes Investigation within the glacial till at the Fernald Environmental Management Project.. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.2172/922076.
Schwing, J, Roepke, Craig Senninger, Brainard, James Robert, Glass, Robert John, Jr., Mann, Michael J. A., Holt, Robert M, & Kriel, Kelly. A vadose zone Transport Processes Investigation within the glacial till at the Fernald Environmental Management Project.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/922076
Schwing, J, Roepke, Craig Senninger, Brainard, James Robert, Glass, Robert John, Jr., Mann, Michael J. A., Holt, Robert M, and Kriel, Kelly. 2007. "A vadose zone Transport Processes Investigation within the glacial till at the Fernald Environmental Management Project.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/922076. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/922076.
@article{osti_922076,
title = {A vadose zone Transport Processes Investigation within the glacial till at the Fernald Environmental Management Project.},
author = {Schwing, J and Roepke, Craig Senninger and Brainard, James Robert and Glass, Robert John, Jr. and Mann, Michael J. A. and Holt, Robert M and Kriel, Kelly},
abstractNote = {This report describes a model Transport Processes Investigation (TPI) where field-scale vadose zone flow and transport processes are identified and verified through a systematic field investigation at a contaminated DOE site. The objective of the TPI is to help with formulating accurate conceptual models and aid in implementing rational and cost effective site specific characterization strategies at contaminated sites with diverse hydrogeologic settings. Central to the TPI are Transport Processes Characterization (TPC) tests that incorporate field surveys and large-scale infiltration experiments. Hypotheses are formulated based on observed pedogenic and hydrogeologic features as well as information provided by literature searches. The field and literature information is then used to optimize the design of one or more infiltration experiments to field test the hypothesis. Findings from the field surveys and infiltration experiments are then synthesized to formulate accurate flow and transport conceptual models. Here we document a TPI implemented in the glacial till vadose zone at the Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP) in Fernald, Ohio, a US Department of Energy (DOE) uranium processing site. As a result of this TPI, the flow and transport mechanisms were identified through visualization of dye stain within extensive macro pore and fracture networks which provided the means for the infiltrate to bypass potential aquatards. Such mechanisms are not addressed in current vadose zone modeling and are generally missed by classical characterization methods.},
doi = {10.2172/922076},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/922076}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}