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Evaluating Natural Attentuation with Spreadsheet Analytical Fate and Transport Models
Author(s) -
Ollila Paul W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1996.tb01173.x
Subject(s) - superposition principle , aquifer , simple (philosophy) , computer science , attenuation , homogeneous , biological system , statistical physics , engineering , groundwater , geotechnical engineering , physics , optics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics , biology
Superposition techniques can extend the capabilities of relatively simple analytical fate and transport models. Complex source geometries, simple aquifer boundaries, and electron acceptor limited biodegradation can be simulated by using superposition techniques in computer spreadsheets. Spreadsheet models are an easily used tool for interpreting sampling results and for estimating attenuation and degradation rates in relatively homogeneous aquifers. Analytical spreadsheet models are based on the Domenico analytical model and can provide results that are in close agreement with the numerical model UIOPLUMH II.