Effect of pulse release date and soil characteristics on solute transport in a combined vadose zone-groundwater flow system: Insights from numerical simulations

• Published in: Water resources research Vol. 47; no. 5
• Main Author: Russo, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2011; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Approximation; Contamination; Effective velocity; Flow system; Groundwater; Groundwater flow; Groundwater pollution; Hydraulics; Integrated approach; Numerical analysis; Partial differential equations; Release dates; Risk assessment; Simulation; Soil surfaces; Soil types; Solute movement; Solute transport; Transport processes; Travel time; Vadose water; water flow; Water table

The transport of a conservative tracer (bromide) in a three‐dimensional, heterogeneous combined vadose zone‐groundwater flow system was analyzed through a series of detailed numerical simulations. The scope of the present study was to analyze the effect of both the soil type and the pulse applicatio...