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@ARTICLE{Kemna:483,
author = {Kemna, A. and Vanderborght, J. and Kulessa, B. and
Vereecken, H.},
title = {{I}maging and characterisation of subsurface solute
transport using electrical resistivity tomography ({ERT})
and equivalent transport models},
journal = {Journal of hydrology},
volume = {267},
issn = {0022-1694},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {PreJuSER-483},
pages = {125 - 146},
year = {2002},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {We assess the usefulness of electrical resistivity
tomography (ERT) in imaging and characterising subsurface
solute transport in heterogeneous unconfined aquifers. A
field tracer experiment was conducted at the Krauthausen
test site, Germany. The spatial and temporal evolution of
the injected NaBr solute plume was monitored in a 2D ERT
image plane located downstream of the injection well for 90
days. Since ERT maps changes in bulk electrical
conductivity, the reconstructed images at selected time
intervals are first converted to solute concentration maps
by postulating a linear relation. The concentration maps are
then analysed using an equivalent convection-dispersion
model (CDM), which conceptualises the aquifer as a
homogeneous medium with a uniform mean flow velocity. As
demonstrated by associated synthetic model studies, ERT
resolution in terms of recovered equivalent dispersivities
is limited due to spatial smoothing inherent to the imaging
algorithm. Since for heterogeneous media, local
concentrations within the plume deviate from those predicted
by the equivalent CDM, we also interpret the ERT-derived
pixel breakthrough curves in terms of an equivalent
stream-tube model (STM). The STM represents transport in the
aquifer by a set of 1D convection-dispersion processes,
allowing the degree of mixing and the heterogeneity of
transport within the plume to be quantified. We believe that
the observed tracer plume is satisfactorily described by the
equivalent CDM, probably because the tracer plume was small
relative to the heterogeneity scale of the aquifer. Even
though application of the STM revealed some deviation from
the ideal homogeneous case, the equivalent dispersivity in
the STM matches the longitudinal dispersivity of the CDM
closely, consistent with predominantly homogeneous mixing.
However, the STM analysis illustrates how ERT results can be
used to quantify the variability of parameters relevant to
flow and transport in heterogeneous aquifers. (C) 2002
Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-IV},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB50},
pnm = {Chemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257},
shelfmark = {Engineering, Civil / Geosciences, Multidisciplinary / Water
Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000178504900001},
doi = {10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00145-2},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/483},
}