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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: Development of Methodologies for the
Characterization of Fluvial Aquifers
Professor of Geology at TAMU-Kingsville
Software tools for groundwater modeling, such as HORIZONS
in GMS, have provided modelers new tools for characterizing
subsurface heterogeneity. While this approach has provided
acceptable results for simplemodels, it falls short in the development
of stacked aquifer sequences. Recently, groundwater modelers have
been tasked to simulate the fate and transport of contaminants in
complex fluvial systems. Scenarios such as these require a more
detailed subsurface geometry than previous models. The primary
research focus is to develop a set of procedures that compensate
for the inherent weakness of the characterization process.
Idealized fluvial landforms were used in the creation of these
newly developed procedures to create a
baseline
against which further work can be
calibrated and tested. The results of this
phase of research include not only a more
accurate representation of a fluvial aquifer
but also produced a set of tools and
guidelines that can be adapted for future
hydrogeologic modeling.
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