Mass transport in fractured media [Elektronische Ressource] : transition to anomalous transport / vorgelegt von Ralph Mettier

Mass Transport in Fractured Media Transition to anomalous transport Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften der Geowissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen vorgelegt von Ralph Mettier aus Langwies 2007 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 25.06.2007 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl 1. Berichterstatter : Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz 2. Berichterstatter : PD Dr. Christopher Ian McDermott AbstractSubsta ntial understanding of the processes involved in fluid flow and tracer transport in geological systems can be gained from the use of numerical simulations. Regardless of the nature or scale of a geological system, the probability of encountering fractures in hard rock units is high. Therefore , modelling flow and transport in fractures and fracture networks is a key component of almost any complex hydrogeological simulation. Over the last few decades, with the increase in computational power and the availability of increasingly sophisticated and powerful specialized modelling software, numerical models have become increasingly commonplace, and are meanwhile regarded as vital tools in th e wide field of geoscience.