Perspective on theories of non-Fickian transport in heterogeneous media   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Shlomo P. Neuman  Daniel M. Tartakovsky 《Advances in water resources》2009

Subsurface fluid flow and solute transport take place in a multiscale heterogeneous environment. Neither these phenomena nor their host environment can be observed or described with certainty at all scales and locations of relevance. The resulting ambiguity has led to alternative conceptualizations of flow and transport and multiple ways of addressing their scale and space–time dependencies. We focus our attention on four approaches that give rise to nonlocal representations of advective and dispersive transport of nonreactive tracers in randomly heterogeneous porous or fractured continua. We compare these approaches theoretically on the basis of their underlying premises and the mathematical forms of the corresponding nonlocal advective–dispersive terms. One of the four approaches describes transport at some reference support scale by a classical (Fickian) advection–dispersion equation (ADE) in which velocity is a spatially (and possibly temporally) correlated random field. The randomness of the velocity, which is given by Darcy’s law, stems from random fluctuations in hydraulic conductivity (and advective porosity though this is often disregarded). Averaging the stochastic ADE over an ensemble of velocity fields results in a space–time-nonlocal representation of mean advective–dispersive flux, an approach we designate as stnADE. A closely related space–time-nonlocal representation of ensemble mean transport is obtained upon averaging the motion of solute particles through a random velocity field within a Lagrangian framework, an approach we designate stnL. The concept of continuous time random walk (CTRW) yields a representation of advective–dispersive flux that is nonlocal in time but local in space. Closely related to the latter are forms of ADE entailing fractional derivatives (fADE) which leads to representations of advective–dispersive flux that are nonlocal in space but local in time; nonlocality in time arises in the context of multirate mass transfer models, which we exclude from consideration in this paper. We describe briefly each of these four nonlocal approaches and offer a perspective on their differences, commonalities, and relative merits as analytical and predictive tools.  相似文献   

Model of the Long Island Sound outflow: Comparison with year-long HF radar and Doppler current observations     

Jenq-Chi Mau  Dong-Ping Wang  David S. Ullman  Daniel L. Codiga 《Continental Shelf Research》2008

A three-dimensional primitive-equation model is used to simulate the Long Island Sound (LIS) outflow for a 1-year (2001) period. The model domain includes LIS and New York Bight (NYB). Tidal and wind forcing are included, and seasonal salinity and temperature variations are assimilated. The model results are validated with the HF radar, moored acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), and ferry-based ADCP observations. The agreement between simulated and observed flow patterns generally is very good. The difference in seasonal mean currents between the model and moored ADCP is about 0.01 m/s; the correlation of dominant velocity fluctuations between the model and HF radar is 0.83; and the difference in mean LIS transport between the model and shipboard ADCP is about 5%. However, the model predicts a prominent tidally generated headland eddy not supported by the HF radar observation. The model sensitivity study indicates that the tides, winds, and ambient coastal front all have important impact on the buoyant outflow. The tides and winds cause stronger vertical mixing, which reduces the surface plume strength. The ambient coastal front, on the other hand, tends to enhance the plume.  相似文献   

河口定义及分类研究的进展   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

戴志军  任杰  周作付 《台湾海峡》2000,19(2):254-260

本文对近 40a来不同领域的河口定义及分类进行了总结。从地貌、自然地理、地质、生物等方面分析了研究人员较普遍接受的几种河口定义及分类的优劣 ,探讨了河口定义及分类的发展动态。  相似文献   

秦皇岛河口沉积物砷形态分布特征     

张连凯  杨慧  路国慧  张尊举  郝冬亮 《海洋科学》2012,36(9):102-107

河口沉积物在陆源砷向海洋输送过程中具有源和汇的双重作用,分析砷在河口沉积物中的存在形态和分布特征对于掌握砷的毒理效应和污染评价具有重要意义.通过野外调查和样品采集,对秦皇岛典型河流河口沉积物中砷的质量比进行了测定,并采用Tessier五步连续提取法对砷在沉积物中的存在形态进行了提取分析.结果表明,汤河河口表层沉积物中砷的质量比为35.73~46.63 mg/kg,戴河河口表层沉积物中砷的质量比为13.60~16.00 mg/kg,汤河河口沉积物砷含量明显高于戴河河口.总砷含量随沉积深度的增加而有降低的趋势.各形态砷在沉积物中的分布特征基本一致,即以残渣态为主,占其总量的87%以上,其他各形态相对含量较小,其中可利用性最强的可交换态含量最小,平均为1.04%.各形态砷分布与沉积物的pH和有机质含量有一定的相关关系, pH和有机质含量的改变将会影响砷的形态分布特征.  相似文献   

The stability of two interacting compositional plumes under the influence of inclined rotation     

I.A. Eltayeb  T.B.A. Elbashir 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2014,108(4):437-462

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The thermal structure of mantle plumes: axisymmetric or triple-junction?     

G. A. Houseman 《Geophysical Journal International》1990,102(1):15-24

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Sedimentary structures of tidal flats: A journey from coast to inner estuarine region of eastern India     

A. Chakrabarti 《Journal of Earth System Science》2005,114(3):353-368

Sedimentary structures of some coastal tropical tidal flats of the east coast of India, and inner estuarine tidal point bars located at 30 to 50 kilometers inland from the coast, have been extensively studied under varying seasonal conditions. The results reveal that physical features such as flaser bedding, herringbone cross-bedding, lenticular bedding, and mud/silt couplets are common to both the environments. In fact, flaser bedding and lenticular bedding are more common in the point bar facies during the monsoon months than in the coastal tidal flat environments. Interference ripples, though common in both the environments, show different architectural patterns for different environmental domains. Interference ripples with thread-like secondary set overriding the earlier ripple-form, resembling wrinkle marks, are the typical features in estuarine point bars near the high water region. Because structures which are so far considered as key structures for near-coastal tidal flats are common to both the environments, caution should be exercised for deciphering palaeo-environments, particularly for Proterozoic rocks, where one has to depend only on physical sedimentary structures.  相似文献   

Dynamics of medium-intensity dense water plumes in the Arkona Basin, Western Baltic Sea     

Hans Burchard  Hans Ulrich Lass  Volker Mohrholz  Lars Umlauf  Jürgen Sellschopp  Volker Fiekas  Karsten Bolding  Lars Arneborg 《Ocean Dynamics》2005,55(5-6):391-402

In this study, the dynamics of medium-intensity inflow events over Drogden Sill into the Arkona Sea are investigated. Idealised model simulations carried out with the General Estuarine Transport Model suggest that most of the salt transport during such inflow events occur north of Kriegers Flak, a shoal with less than 20 m water depth surrounded by water depths of more than 40 m. This assumption about the pathway is supported by recent ship-based observations in the Arkona Sea during a medium-intensity inflow event. The propagation of a saline bottom plume could be observed during several days after having passed Drogden Sill. In the area north of Kriegers Flak the plume was about 10 m thick, and propagated with more than 0.5 m s⁻¹ and a salinity of up to 20 psu (with ambient water salinity being 8 psu) eastwards. Although the model simulations were idealised, the structural agreement between the observation and model result was good. The structure and pathways of these medium-intensity inflow events are of specific interest due to the plans for erecting extensive offshore wind farms in the Arkona Sea which may under certain circumstances lead to increased entrainment of ambient water into the bottom plumes.  相似文献   

珠江口磨刀门枯季水文特征及河口动力过程   总被引：15，自引：0，他引：15       下载免费PDF全文

贾良文  吴超羽  任杰  雷亚平  周水华 《水科学进展》2006,17(1):82-88

根据磨刀门2003年12月9~15日的大、中潮同步水文观测资料,分析了磨刀门枯季的潮汐、潮流、余流、悬移质含沙量、盐度等水文特征,并对枯季河口动力过程,如咸淡水混合、河口射流等进行了初步研究。在枯季由于径流较弱,潮流成为主要动力。表层由于受径流和风的影响余流基本上沿河道走向向下游,中层以下有稳定的向上的余流存在。枯季磨刀门含沙量较小(<1 kg/m3),盐度在平面上和垂向上均有一定变化。磨刀门枯季咸淡水混合类型为缓混合型,各站盐度分层参数均在0.01~1.0。从实测流速的分布情况来看,河口下层有反向的水流,存在明显的因密度差而形成的密度环流。根据枯季实测资料计算所得的密度弗劳德数,磨刀门枯季以浮力射流为主。  相似文献   

Holocene stratigraphy-of the Lower Ganges-Brahmaputra River delta in Bangladesh     

Sirajur Rahman KHAN  Md Badrul ISLAM 《Frontiers of Earth Science》2008,2(4):393-399

Major part of the Holocene Ganges-Brahmaputra delta occupies the southern and southwestern part of Bangladesh with a smaller part extending beyond the international boundary in the west. Five facies assemblages are documented in the lower deltaic plain in five different depositional environments: levee or levee complex, bil or depression, abandoned meander belt, interdistributary plain and estuarine plain. The thickness of the Holocene sediments ranges from 30 m to 70 m in the deltaic plain, usually floored by the Pleistocene stiff clays, with the exception of the abandoned meander belt deposit where Holocene channel sand deposited directly on the Pleistocene sand. Radiocarbon dates indicate that low-rate sedimentation has occurred in the northern part, where 4-6 m thick sediments were deposited since the mid-Holocene, whereas 10-30 mthick sediments were deposited in the southern part during the same span of time. In addition, significant coastal subsidence (3 mm/a on average), added by sea-level rise (1.5 mm/a, conservative rate) occurs in the study area, which serves as a negative factor in degrading the coastal plain of Bangladesh in the future, while taking into consideration the weaker sedimentation in the area.  相似文献