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As mentioned in Chap. 1, the mathematical models, recognized by professional community, yield usually satisfying approximations of reality. The model of convective-dispersive solute transport through porous media discussed in this chapter makes exclusion. This model is considered as classical or fundamental (Parker and van Genuchten 1984; Pasek et al. 2000; Delleur 2006). However, it often fails to reproduce long tails of breakthrough curves. The procedure suggested in this chapter provides more flexible and accurate reproducing those long tails and the breakthrough curves in general. It also permits more thorough interpretation of the observed data.
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Gorokhovski, V. (2014). Advective Solute Transport Through Porous Media. In: Effective Parameters of Hydrogeological Models. Springer Hydrogeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03569-7_10
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