Expanding the role of reactive transport models in critical zone processes

L Li, K Maher, A Navarre-Sitchler, J Druhan, C Meile… - Earth-science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Models test our understanding of processes and can reach beyond the spatial and
temporal scales of measurements. Multi-component Reactive Transport Models (RTMs) …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing measurements and representations of subsurface heterogeneity and dynamic processes: towards 4D hydrogeology

T Hermans, P Goderniaux, D Jougnot… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
Essentially all hydrogeological processes are strongly influenced by the subsurface spatial
heterogeneity and the temporal variation of environmental conditions, hydraulic properties …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of shear displacement on fluid flow and solute transport in a 3D rough fracture

Z Dou, S Tang, X Zhang, R Liu, C Zhuang… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fractured rocks in the subsurface are ubiquitous, and the dynamics of mass transfer in
fractured rocks plays an important role in understanding the problem in engineering geology …

Emergence of anomalous transport in stressed rough fractures

PK Kang, S Brown, R Juanes - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
We report the emergence of anomalous (non-Fickian) transport through a rough-walled
fracture as a result of increasing normal stress on the fracture. We show that the origin of this …

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 …

Iron-oxidizer hotspots formed by intermittent oxic–anoxic fluid mixing in fractured rocks

O Bochet, L Bethencourt, A Dufresne, J Farasin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Subsurface environments host most of the fresh water on Earth as well as diverse
microorganisms that may constitute a significant part of the biosphere. However, the …

Anomalous transport on regular fracture networks: Impact of conductivity heterogeneity and mixing at fracture intersections

PK Kang, M Dentz, T Le Borgne, R Juanes - Physical Review E, 2015 - APS
We investigate transport on regular fracture networks that are characterized by
heterogeneity in hydraulic conductivity. We discuss the impact of conductivity heterogeneity …

Prediction of the low-velocity distribution from the pore structure in simple porous media

P de Anna, B Quaife, G Biros, R Juanes - Physical Review Fluids, 2017 - APS
The macroscopic properties of fluid flow and transport through porous media are a direct
consequence of the underlying pore structure. However, precise relations that characterize …

Linking structural and transport properties in three‐dimensional fracture networks

JD Hyman, M Dentz, A Hagberg… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate large‐scale particle motion and solute breakthrough in sparse three‐
dimensional discrete fracture networks characterized by power law distributed fracture …

Anomalous transport in three‐dimensional discrete fracture networks: Interplay between aperture heterogeneity and injection modes

PK Kang, JD Hyman, WS Han… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We study how the interplay between fracture aperture heterogeneity and tracer injection
mode controls fluid flow and tracer transport in three‐dimensional (3D) discrete fracture …