University of New Mexico
MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF THE HETEROGENEOUS SUBSTRATE ON THE TRANSPORT OF THE JET FUEL SOLUTE PLUME, KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
Abstract
dc:description.abstractA subsurface model was developed to characterize the influence of heterogeneity on solute phase plume migration of the Jet Fuel spill of Kirtland Air Force Base. Core –logs from KAFB boreholes were compiled, and lithology was interpolated across the study area using transition probability geostatistics (T-PROGS). High conductivity materials in the travel path resulted in a faster than average breakthrough time while, if low conductivity materials were placed in the travel path, particles were either forced to divert around the low K material, which added time and changed the direction of travel, or were forced by the hydraulic gradient to move through the materials, which also added travel time. Because these models indicate that material placement and facies dimensions significantly affect particle path, well arrival time, and breakthrough arrival time, heterogeneity should not be neglected when building groundwater models to predict movement of the KAFB Bulk Fuels Facility saturated plume.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Year
- 2016
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Gatz-Miller, Hannah Sarah
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Weissmann, Gary
- Smith, Gary
- Scuderi, Louis
Subjects
dc:subject × 15Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:eps_etds-1029