Digital Modeling of Transport in the Saturated Zone

Management of ground-water resources requires that the extent and rate of movement of contaminants in the saturated and unsaturated zones be understood. The contaminants have been and will continue to be both accidentally and deliberately introduced into ground- water systems. Some of these contaminants constitute very hazardous conditions. Because of the immediacy of such contamination problems, understanding of the physical and chemical processes needs to be increased rapidly, and mathematical models derived from this understanding validated and documented. Although the basic mathematical transport models for ground-water systems have been developed, many of the parameters in these models have not been adequately investigated. A portion of this project will be devoted to increasing understanding of the factors influencing these parameters and of the interrelationship between parameters. As this understanding is developed, appropriate two-dimensional and three-dimensional mathematical models will be derived to describe contaminant movement in complex field situation including the unsaturated zone where critical. Concurrent with model derivation will be extensive study of the appropriate digital computer algorithms used to numerically approximate the solution to the transport equation.

REPORTS PUBLISHED 2003-2012

Church, J.A., White, N.J., Konikow, L.F., Domingues, C..M., Cogley, J.G., Rignot, E., Gregory, J.M., van den Broeke, M.R., Monaghan, A.J., andVelicogna, I., 2011, Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 38, L18601, doi:10.1029/2011GL048794 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Konikow, L.F., 2011, Contribution of global groundwater depletion since 1900 to sea-level rise: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 38, L17401, doi:10.1029/2011GL048604 (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 225 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Konikow, L.F., 2011, The secret to successful solute-transport modeling: Ground Water, v. 49, no. 2, p. 144-159. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00764.x. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 1069 KB, journal compiled by the National Ground Water Association, no claim to original U.S. Government works)

Konikow, L.F., 2010, Applying Dispersive Changes to Lagrangian Particles in Groundwater Transport Models: Transport in Porous Media, v. 85, no. 2, p. 437-449. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 530 KB, published by Springer, copyright U.S. Governement)

Konikow, L.F., 2010, Representing pump-capacity relations in groundwater simulation models: Ground Water, v. 48, no. 1, p. 106-110. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf fomat, 622 KB, journal compiled by the National Ground Water Association, no claim to original U.S. Government works)

Cluckie, I.D., Chen, Y., Babovic, V., Konikow, L.F., Mynett, A., Demuth, S., and Savic, D.A., eds., 2009, Hydroinformatics in Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Resources: IAHS Pub. 331, 525 p. (on-line book information)

Konikow, L.F., Hornberger, G.Z., Halford, K.J., and Hanson, R.T., 2009, Revised Multi-Node Well (MNW2) Package for MODFLOW Ground-Water Flow Model, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6–A30, 67 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 5.88 MB)

Winston, R.B., 2009, ModelMuse—A graphical user interface for MODFLOW–2005 and PHAST: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6–A29, 52 p. (on-line abstract or on line only manual in pdf format, 1368 KB)

Clark, B.C., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and, Hornberger, G.Z., 2008, Simulation of Ground-Water Flow, Transport, Age, and Particle Tracking near York, Nebraska, for a Study of Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants (TANC) to Public-Supply Wells: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5068, 48 p. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 8.5 MB)

Konikow, L.F., Hornberger, G.Z., Putnam, L.D., Shapiro, A.M., and Zinn, B.A., 2008, The use of age as a calibration target: in Refsgaard, J.C., Kovar, K., Haarder, E., and Nygaard, E., eds., Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: Credibility of Modelling, IAHS Publication 320, p. 250-256. (on-line abstract of article)

Neuzil, C. E., and L. F. Konikow, 2008, Reply to comment by T. N. Narasimhan on “A method to estimate groundwater depletion from confining layers”: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W06421, doi:10.1029/2008WR007084. (on-line article in pdf format, 45 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Konikow, L.F., and Neuzil, C.E., 2007, A method to estimate groundwater depletion from confining layers: Water Resources Research, v. 43, W07417, doi:10.1029/2006WR005597. (on-line abstract or on-line journal article in pdf format, 533 kb, published 2007 by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Winston, R. B., and Shapiro, A. M., 2007, BAT3 analyzer: Real time data display and interpretation software for the multifunction bedrock-aquifer transportable testing tool (BAT3); U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1105, 65 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 1.71 MB)

Zinn, B.A., and Konikow, L.F., 2007, Effects of intraborehole flow on groundwater age distribution: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 15, p. 633-643. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Zinn, B.A., and Konikow, L.F., 2007, Potential Effects of Regional Pumpage on Groundwater Age Distribution: Water Resources Research, v. 43, W06418, doi:10.1029/2006WR004865. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Clark, B.C., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and, Hornberger, G.Z., 2006, Simulation of solute movement through wellbores to characterize public supply well contaminant vulnerability in the High Plains aquifer, York, Nebraska, in Poeter, E., Hill, M.C. Zheng, C., eds., MODFLOW and More 2006, Managing Ground-Water Systems: Proceedings v. 2, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, p. 649-653.

Harte, P.T., Konikow, L.F., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2006, Simulation of Solute Transport Across Low-Permeability Barrier Walls: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 85, no. 3-4, p. 247–270. (on-line abstract)

Konikow, L.F., Reilly, T.E., Barlow, P.M., and Voss, C.I., 2006, Chapter 23: Groundwater Modeling, in Delleur, J., ed., The Handbook of Groundwater Engineering, Second Edition: Boca Raton, CRC Press, 54 p.

Konikow, L.F., 2006, From data gathering to ground-water modeling, in Sánchez-Vila, X., Cabrera, M.C., and Valverde, M., eds., Proceedings of the IAH Workshop "From Data Gathering and Groundwater Modelling to Integrated Management", Alicante, Spain, October 2005: Madrid, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, p. 17-31.

Konikow, L.F., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2006, Use of the Multi-Node Well (MNW) package when simulating solute transport with the MODFLOW ground-water transport process: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A15, 34 p. (on-line report in pdf format)

Konikow, L.F., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2006, Modeling Effects of Multinode Wells on Solute Transport: Ground-Water, v. 44, no. 5, p. 648-660. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Konikow, L.F., Hornberger, G.Z., and Zinn, B.A., 2006, Simulating effects of Multi-Node Wells on solute transport, in Poeter, E., Hill, M.C. Zheng, C., eds., MODFLOW and More 2006, Managing Ground-Water Systems: Proceedings v. 2, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, p. 668-672.

Konikow, L.F., Reilly, T.E., Barlow, P.M., and Voss, C.I., 2006, Groundwater Modeling, in Delleur, J.W., ed., The Handbook of Groundwater Engineering, Second Edition: Boca Raton, CRC press, Chapter 23.

Winston, R.B., 2006, GoPhast: A graphical user interface for PHAST: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A20, 98 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 1.4 MB)

Winston, R.B., 2006, Ground-water management process in the MODFLOW GUI, in Poeter, E., Hill, M.C. Zheng, C., eds., MODFLOW and More 2006, Managing Ground-Water Systems: Proceedings v. 2, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, p. 430-431.

Winston, R.B., 2006, GoPhast: A graphical user interface for PHAST, in Poeter, E., Hill, M.C. Zheng, C., eds., MODFLOW and More 2006, Managing Ground-Water Systems: Proceedings v. 1, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, p. 375-378.

Konikow, L.F., and Glynn, P.D., 2005, Modeling groundwater flow and quality, in Selinus, O., ed., Essentials of Medical Geology: Amsterdam, Elsevier, p. 737-765.

Konikow, L.F., and Kendy, E., 2005, Groundwater depletion: A global problem: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 13, p. 317-320. (on-line introduction)

Zinn, B.A. and Konikow, L.F., 2005, MODFLOW Data Extractor Program, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1143, 7 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 194 KB)

Ewing, R.C., Palenik, C.S., and Konikow, L.F., 2004, Comment on "Probabilistic risk analysis for a high-level radioactive waste repository" by B.L. Cohen: Risk Analysis, v. 24, no. 6, p. 1417-1419.

Prudic, D.E., Konikow, L.F., and Banta, E.R., 2004, A streamflow routing package (SFR1) to simulate stream-aquifer interaction with MODFLOW-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1042, 95 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 1242 KB)

Konikow, L.F., 2003, Book review of "K.M. Hiscock, M.O. Rivett, R.M. Davison (eds) - Sustainable groundwater development, The Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, UK": Hydrogeology Journal, v. 11, no. 5, p. 609-610.

Konikow, L.F., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2003, Use of Boundary Fluxes when Simulating Solute Transport with the MODFLOW Ground-Water Transport Process, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-303. (on-line report, in pdf format)

National Research Council, 2003, One Step at a Time: The Staged Development of Geologic Repositories for High-Level Radioactive Waste: National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 201 p. (on-line book)

Russell, T.F., Heberton, C.I., Konikow, L.F., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2003, A Finite-Volume ELLAM for Three-Dimensional Solute-Transport Modeling: Ground Water, v. 41, no. 2, p. 258-272. (on-line abstract)

Winston, R.B., and Voss, C.I., 2003, SutraGUI, a graphical interface for SUTRA, a model for ground-water flow with solute or energy transport: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-285, 114 p. (on-line report, in pdf format)


FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT, CONTACT:
Leonard F. Konikow
U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
Email: lkonikow@usgs.gov
Telephone: 703-648-5878

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