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    Minnesota Geological Survey
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    Minnesota Geological Survey
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    University of West Georgia
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    University of Minnesota Duluth
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    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Paper No. 45
Presentation Time: 8:00 PM

A NUMERICAL MODEL FOR CONTAMINATION TRANSPORT IN GROUNDWATER


EVEN, Matthew J., Department of Earth Science and Department of Physics, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, EVEN, Wesley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, ROTH, M.W., Department of Physics, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614 and IQBAL, Mohammad, Dept. of Earth Science, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, matthewjeven@gmail.com

With large increases in population and changes in agricultural practices in recent history, pollutants are threatening groundwater quality. The objective of this research is to provide insight to minimize future contamination of aquifers. We have developed a computational model for contamination transport from a point source within an aquifer contained in fractured bedrock. The simulations use a finite difference scheme to solve the advection-dispersion equation for an arbitrary number of non-interacting contaminates within the groundwater system. These models are used to predict contamination in monitoring wells at the University of Northern Iowa and have applications in both research and undergraduate instruction.

Session No. 39

T119. Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall C (Minneapolis Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 43, No. 5, p.119
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