Flow Through Heterogeneous Geological Media

Flow Through Heterogeneous Geological Media
Author: Tian-Chyi Yeh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2015-07-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1107076137

This book integrates principles of flow through porous media with stochastic analyses, for advanced-level students, researchers and professionals in hydrogeology and hydraulics.

An Introduction to Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Geologic Media

An Introduction to Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Geologic Media
Author: Tian-Chyi Jim Yeh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1316511189

This book provides a unified and comprehensive overview of physical explanations of the stochastic concepts of solute transport processes, important scaling issues, and practical tools for the analysis of solute transport.

Geological Fluid Dynamics

Geological Fluid Dynamics
Author: Owen M. Phillips
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2009-02-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521865557

Describes fluid flow, transport and contamination in rocks and sediments, for graduate students and professionals in hydrology, water resources, geochemistry.

Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow

Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1996-08-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309049962

Scientific understanding of fluid flow in rock fracturesâ€"a process underlying contemporary earth science problems from the search for petroleum to the controversy over nuclear waste storageâ€"has grown significantly in the past 20 years. This volume presents a comprehensive report on the state of the field, with an interdisciplinary viewpoint, case studies of fracture sites, illustrations, conclusions, and research recommendations. The book addresses these questions: How can fractures that are significant hydraulic conductors be identified, located, and characterized? How do flow and transport occur in fracture systems? How can changes in fracture systems be predicted and controlled? Among other topics, the committee provides a geomechanical understanding of fracture formation, reviews methods for detecting subsurface fractures, and looks at the use of hydraulic and tracer tests to investigate fluid flow. The volume examines the state of conceptual and mathematical modeling, and it provides a useful framework for understanding the complexity of fracture changes that occur during fluid pumping and other engineering practices. With a practical and multidisciplinary outlook, this volume will be welcomed by geologists, petroleum geologists, geoengineers, geophysicists, hydrologists, researchers, educators and students in these fields, and public officials involved in geological projects.

Geological Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Formations

Geological Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Formations
Author: Auli Niemi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2017-02-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9402409963

This book offers readers a comprehensive overview, and an in-depth understanding, of suitable methods for quantifying and characterizing saline aquifers for the geological storage of CO2. It begins with a general overview of the methodology and the processes that take place when CO2 is injected and stored in deep saline-water-containing formations. It subsequently presents mathematical and numerical models used for predicting the consequences of CO2 injection. This book provides descriptions of relevant experimental methods, from laboratory experiments to field scale site characterization and techniques for monitoring spreading of the injected CO2 within the formation. Experiences from a number of important field injection projects are reviewed, as are those from CO2 natural analog sites. Lastly, the book presents relevant risk management methods. Geological storage of CO2 is widely considered to be a key technology capable of substantially reducing the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere, thereby reducing the negative impacts of such releases on the global climate. Around the world, projects are already in full swing, while others are now being initiated and executed to demonstrate the technology. Deep saline formations are the geological formations considered to hold the highest storage potential, due to their abundance worldwide. To date, however, these formations have been relatively poorly characterized, due to their low economic value. Accordingly, the processes involved in injecting and storing CO2 in such formations still need to be better quantified and methods for characterizing, modeling and monitoring this type of CO2 storage in such formations must be rapidly developed and refined.

Groundwater in Geologic Processes

Groundwater in Geologic Processes
Author: Steven E. Ingebritsen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2006-05-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521603218

An extensively revised 2006 second edition of the well received and widely adopted textbook on groundwater.