Updated: November 27,  2001.
Copyright © 2000 by Walt W. McNab, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
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Computer-Mediated Distance Learning

Course on

 

MULTISPECIES REACTIVE TRANSPORT IN

GROUNDWATER

 
 INSTRUCTOR:

WALT W. McNAB

Senior Scientist
Exponent-Failure Analysis Associates
Oakland, California, USA, USA.

Following is the program of the course. To read the actual content, click on the appropriate lecture.

If you are a new student, I would like to suggest that you start with TOPIC A, Lecture 1, and then continuously follow instructions.

COURSE PROGRAM

List of Main Symbols

PREFACE

TOPIC A: BASIC PROCESSES AND EQUATIONS.

 LECTURE 1: Reactive Transport Processes in Contaminant Hydrology.

 LECTURE 2: Mass Balance, Mass Action, and Charge Balance Equations for Multiple Species.

 LECTURE 3: Oxidation and Reduction Processes.

LECTURE 4: Phase Equilibria

 LECTURE 5: Ion Exchange and Surface Complexation.

LECTURE 6: Reaction Kinetics.

TOPIC B: MODELING APPROACHES.

        LECTURE 1: Commonly Used Geochemical Speciation Models and Solution techniques.

         LECTURE 2: Introduction to Geochemical Speciation Modeling with PHREEQC: Model Structure and Model Definition.

         LECTURE 3: Introduction to Geochemical Speciation Modeling with PHREEQC: Example Applications

         LECTURE 4: Coupling  Geochemical and Transport Equations.

TOPIC C: INTRODUCTION TO REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING WITH PHREEQC: EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS.

         LECTURE 1: Acid Mine Drainage.

         LECTURE 2: Weatherng of primary Ore Bodies and Secondary Enrichment: Supergene Copper Ore Deposit Formation.

         LECTURE 3: Spodosol Soil Profile Formation: Leaching of Metals from Shallow Soils and Organo-Metallic Compleaxation.

TOPIC D: SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN MODELING REACTIVE TRANSPORT.

          LECTURE 1: Putting It all Together: Solving Practical; Problems with Multi-dimensional Reactive Transport Models.

        LECTURE 2: Conclusions and the Path Forward.

APPENDIX A: REFERENCES

APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY

You may e-mail me questions and comments.

Walt W. McNab
E-mail address: Walt McNab <WaltMcNab@prodigy.net>

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