[HTML][HTML] Application of upscaling methods for fluid flow and mass transport in multi-scale heterogeneous media: A critical review

X Zhang, F Ma, S Yin, CD Wallace, MR Soltanian, Z Dai… - Applied energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Physical and biogeochemical heterogeneity dramatically impacts fluid flow and reactive
solute transport behaviors in geological formations across scales. From micro pores to …

Mixing, spreading and reaction in heterogeneous media: A brief review

M Dentz, T Le Borgne, A Englert, B Bijeljic - Journal of contaminant …, 2011 - Elsevier
Geological media exhibit heterogeneities in their hydraulic and chemical properties, which
can lead to enhanced spreading and mixing of the transported species and induce an …

Connectivity metrics for subsurface flow and transport

P Renard, D Allard - Advances in Water Resources, 2013 - Elsevier
Understanding the role of connectivity for the characterization of heterogeneous porous
aquifers or reservoirs is a very active and new field of research. In that framework …

Random walk methods for modeling hydrodynamic transport in porous and fractured media from pore to reservoir scale

B Noetinger, D Roubinet, A Russian… - Transport in Porous …, 2016 - Springer
Random walk (RW) methods are recurring Monte Carlo methods used to model convective
and diffusive transport in complex heterogeneous media. Many applications can be found …

Origins of anomalous transport in heterogeneous media: Structural and dynamic controls

Y Edery, A Guadagnini, H Scher… - Water Resources …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Anomalous (or “non‐Fickian”) transport is ubiquitous in the context of tracer
migration in geological formations. We quantitatively identify the origin of anomalous …

Spatial connectivity in a highly heterogeneous aquifer: From cores to preferential flow paths

M Bianchi, C Zheng, C Wilson, GR Tick… - Water Resources …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates connectivity in a small portion of the extremely heterogeneous
aquifer at the Macrodispersion Experiment (MADE) site in Columbus, Mississippi. A total of …

Computational and conceptual issues in the calibration of seawater intrusion models

J Carrera, JJ Hidalgo, LJ Slooten… - Hydrogeology …, 2010 - digital.csic.es
The inverse problem of seawater intrusion (SWI) is reviewed. It represents a challenge
because of both conceptual and computational difficulties and because coastal aquifer …

Imaging and quantification of preferential solute transport in soil macropores

J Koestel, M Larsbo - Water Resources Research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite significant advances during the last decades, there are still many processes related
to nonequilibrium flow and transport in macroporous soil that are far from completely …

Geological entropy and solute transport in heterogeneous porous media

M Bianchi, D Pedretti - Water Resources Research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a novel approach to link solute transport behavior to the physical heterogeneity
of the aquifer, which we fully characterize with two measurable parameters: the variance of …

Field comparison of DNA‐labeled nanoparticle and solute tracer transport in a fractured crystalline rock

A Kittilä, MR Jalali, KF Evans… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Field tracer experiments were conducted to examine tracer transport properties in a fracture‐
dominated crystalline rock mass at the Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland. In the experiments …