Abstract
Large-Scale Natural Gradient Tracer Test in Sand and Gravel, Cape Cod, Massachusetts 2. Analysis of Spatial Moments for a Nonreactive Tracer
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
A large-scale natural gradient tracer test was conducted to examine the transport of reactive and nonreactive tracers in a sand and gravel aquifer on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. As part of this test the transport of bromide, a nonreactive tracer, was monitored for about 280 m and quantified using spatial moments. The calculated mass of bromide for each sampling date varied between 85% and 105% of the injected mass using an estimated porosity of 0.39, and the center of mass moved at a nearly constant horizontal velocity of 0.42 m per day. A nonlinear change in the bromide longitudinal variance was observed during the first 26 m of travel distance, but afterward the variance followed a linear trend, indicating the longitudinal dispersivity had reached a constant value of 0.96 m. The transverse dispersivities were much smaller; transverse horizontal dispersivity was 1.8 cm, and transverse vertical dispersivity was about 1.5 mm.
Received 11 October 1989; accepted 18 January 1991; .
Citation: (1991), Large-Scale Natural Gradient Tracer Test in Sand and Gravel, Cape Cod, Massachusetts 2. Analysis of Spatial Moments for a Nonreactive Tracer, Water Resour. Res., 27(5), 911–924.
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