Date of Award
6-1990
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Geological and Environmental Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Duane R. Hampton
Second Advisor
Dr. Alan Kehew
Third Advisor
Dr. W. Thomas Straw
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Simulation of a two-well tracer test at a site near Mobile, Alabama was performed and compared with the experimental breakthrough curve. The models used to simulate the test results were the three-dimensional USGS code HST3D and the two-dimensional USGS code MOC. The results of the three-dimensional model were also compared with the results of the two-dimensional model.
The three-dimensional model HST3D predicted the measured breakthrough curve accurately with the exception of early arrival times of the tracer in the withdrawal well. The two-dimensional model MOC did not accurately predict the bromide concentration in the withdrawal well during the two-well test. When the dispersivity was increased forty-fold, the MOC results approximated the measured breakthrough curve.
Recommended Citation
Hewitt, Kathleen Michelle, "Simulation of Bromide Transport in a Layered Aquifer Using Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Computer Models" (1990). Masters Theses. 1039.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1039