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Multi-Species Reactive Transport Modelling

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A species transported through the subsurface is either reactive or non-reactive (conservative). Transport codes for non-reactive species were discussed in Chapter 3. When a reactive species is transported through the subsurface it may undergo chemical and microbiological processes that will retard and transform the species. In short, these types of processes will be called reactions.

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Engesgaard, P. (1990). Multi-Species Reactive Transport Modelling. In: Abbott, M.B., Refsgaard, J.C. (eds) Distributed Hydrological Modelling. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0257-2_5

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