PREFACE ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION Importance of Flow and Solute Transport Modeling in Aquifers Purpose of This Book Scope and Organization How to Use This Book FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN AQUIFERS Introduction Concepts for Concentration and Its Units Physical Mechanism of Solute Transport in Saturated Porous Media Without Sorption and Decay: One-Dimensional Case Generalization of the Convective-Dispersive Solute Flux Equations Without Sorption and Decay for Saturated Porous Media Differential Equations of Solute Transport in Saturated Porous Media Without Sorption and Decay Differential Equations for Solute Transport in Saturated Porous Under Sorption and Decay Conditions Generalized Solute Transport Differential Equations for Saturated Porous Media Solute Transport Differential Equations for Unsaturated Porous Media Under Uniform Flow Conditions Volume- and Flux-Averaged Concentrations Under Uniform Flow Conditions Initial and Boundary Conditions Equations for the Mechanical Dispersion Coefficients for Saturated Porous Media ANALYTICAL SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING IN AQUIFERS Introduction Deterministic vs. Stochastic Modeling Approaches Some Selected Analytical Solute Transport Models and Fundamental Modeling Concepts NUMERICAL FLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING IN AQUIFERS Introduction Numerical Flow and Solute Transport Modeling Approaches Finite-Difference Modeling Approaches for Ground Water Flow Finite-Difference Modeling Approach for Solute Transport Application of Numerical Flow and Solute Transport Models Model Testing Model Misuse Modeling Limitations and Sources of Error Case Study For Ground Water Flow And Solute Transport Modeling ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING APPROACHES FOR SOLUTE TRAVEL TIMES AND PATH LINES IN AQUIFERS Introduction Path Lines and Travel Times of Solute Under Convective Transport Conditions Path Lines of Solute Particles Under Convective-Dispersive Transport Conditions STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF FLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS AND DETERMINATION OF EXPRESSIONS FOR DISPERSIVITIES USING STOCHASTIC APPROACHES Introduction Physical Mechanism of Convective-Dispersive Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media Determination of Dispersivities From Solute Plume Spatial Moments Determination of Expressions for Dispersivities from Perturbation Analysis Using Fourier-Stieltjes Integral Representation ESTIMATIONOF DISPERSIVITIES FOR SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN AQUIFERS Introduction Laboratory vs. Field Scale Dispersivities Approaches for the Determination of Dispersivities Estimation of Dispersivities Using Relationships Between Dispersivities and Field Scale for Saturated Flow DETERMINATION OF SOLUTE SORPTION PARAMETERS IN AQUIFERS Introduction The Kd/Koc Approach for the Determination of Retardation Factor Compiled Data for Koc Values Regression Equations Koc Values Estimation of Koc from the Regression Equations REFERENCES INDEXm Flow Conditions Volume- and Flux-Averaged Concentrations Under Uniform Flow Conditions Initial and Boundary Conditions Equations for the Mechanical Dispersion Coefficients for Saturated Porous Media ANALYTICAL SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING IN AQUIFERS Introduction Deterministic vs. Stochastic Modeling Approaches Some Selected Analytical Solute Transport Models and Fundamental Modeling Concepts NUMERICAL FLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING IN AQUIFERS Introduction Numerical Flow and Solute Transport Modeling Approaches Finite-Difference Modeling Approaches for Ground Water Flow Finite-Difference Modeling Approach for Solute Transport Application of Numerical Flow and Solute Transport Models Model Testing Model Misuse Modeling Limitations and Sources of Error Case Study For Ground Water Flow And Solute Transport Modeling ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING APPROACHES FOR SOLUTE TRAVEL TIMES AND PATH LINES IN AQUIFERS Introduction Path Lines and Travel Times of Solute Under Convective Transport Conditions Path Lines of Solute Particles Under Convective-Dispersive Transport Conditions STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF FLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS AND DETERMINATION OF EXPRESSIONS FOR DISPERSIVITIES USING STOCHASTIC APPROACHES Introduction Physical Mechanism of Convective-Dispersive Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media Determination of Dispersivities From Solute Plume Spatial Moments Determination of Expressions for Dispersivities from Perturbation Analysis Using Fourier-Stieltjes Integral Representation ESTIMATIONOF DISPERSIVITIES FOR SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN AQUIFERS Introduction Laboratory vs. Field Scale Dispersivities Approaches for the Determination of Dispersivities Estimation of Dispersivities Using Relationships Between Dispersivities and Field Scale for Saturated Flow DETERMINATION OF SOLUTE SORPTION PARAMETERS IN AQUIFERS Introduction The Kd/Koc Approach for the Determination of Retardation Factor Compiled Data for Koc Values Regression Equations Koc Values Estimation of Koc from the Regression Equations REFERENCES INDEXlt;BR> ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING APPROACHES FOR SOLUTE TRAVEL TIMES AND PATH LINES IN AQUIFERS Introduction Path Lines and Travel Times of Solute Under Convective Transport Conditions Path Lines of Solute Particles Under Convective-Dispersive Transport Conditions STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF FLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS AND DETERMINATION OF EXPRESSIONS FOR DISPERSIVITIES USING STOCHASTIC APPROACHES Introduction Physical Mechanism of Convective-Dispersive Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media Determination of Dispersivities From Solute Plume Spatial Moments Determination of Expressions for Dispersivities from Perturbation Analysis Using Fourier-Stieltjes Integral Representation ESTIMATIONOF DISPERSIVITIES FOR SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN AQUIFERS Introduction Laboratory vs. Field Scale Dispersivities Approaches for the Determination of Dispersivities Estimation of Dispersivities Using Relationships Between Dispersivities and Field Scale for Saturated Flow DETERMINATION OF SOLUTE SORPTION PARAMETERS IN AQUIFERS Introduction The Kd/Koc Approach for the Determination of Retardation Factor Compiled Data for Koc Values Regression Equations Koc Values Estimation of Koc from the Regression Equations REFERENCES INDEX Dispersivities Estimation of Dispersivities Using Relationships Between Dispersivities and Field Scale for Saturated Flow DETERMINATION OF SOLUTE SORPTION PARAMETERS IN AQUIFERS Introduction The Kd/Koc Approach for the Determination of Retardation Factor Compiled Data for Koc Values Regression Equations Koc Values Estimation of Koc from the Regression Equations REFERENCES INDEX.