Groundwater Curriculum · IGW-NET
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Stochastic hydrogeology, made visible. Heterogeneity, scale, and uncertainty — the forces that actually govern flow and transport — explored as research-grade simulations you can watch unfold. The science behind the papers, run interactively.
0 clipsEffects Of Spatial Heterogeneity
How spatial variability in conductivity channels flow and fingers a plume — the foundation of stochastic hydrogeology.
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0 clipsMacrodispersion Models
Real fingered transport versus the smooth effective model — what macrodispersion captures and what it hides.
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0 clipsMonte Carlo Simulations
Many equally-likely aquifers, many plumes — ensemble means, realizations, and probabilistic prediction.
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0 clipsRandom Field Representation
Representing an aquifer as a random field — variance, correlation scale, and conditioning on data.
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0 clipsEffects Of Multiscale Heterogeneity
Nested scales of heterogeneity and scale-dependent dispersivity — why plumes spread faster the farther they travel.
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0 clipsEffects Of Interacting Heterogeneity
When conductivity and chemistry vary together — correlated K and Kd, and the trapping that defeats reactive cleanup.
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0 clipsEffects Of Temporal Variability
Time-varying flow and properties — when spreading turns irreversible, and why the worst case compounds.
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0 clipsTransport In Fractured Tills
Fractures short-circuiting a clay till — how a sand lens becomes the sentinel for waste-containment monitoring.
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AnimationTransport In Complex Aquifers
Structural and small-scale heterogeneity acting together in a realistic, multi-unit aquifer cross-section.
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0 field figuresReal World Heterogeneity
Field evidence that heterogeneity is the rule — outcrops, cross-sections, and conductivity data from real aquifers.
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