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Finding the local analytical solution is facilitated by approximating the time derivative via a first order accurate forward finite difference quotient and by using a transverse averaging procedure (i.e., integration over all but one of the spatial variables), through which the governing partial differential equation is transformed into a set of coupled one-dimensional ordinary differential equations for the concentration moments. This set of equations is solved analytically in terms of "source-like" expressions (the approximated time derivative along with the resulting integrated-terms evaluated at the cell surfaces of the non-integrated direction). The solute mass flux continuity across cell surfaces is then used, along with the local analytical solution, to construct an algebraic relationship between the concentration moment values at adjacent cell surfaces. 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