Download or read book Microstructure of Fine Grained Sediments written by W.A. Chiou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge of basic clay microstructure is fundamental to an understanding of the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of fine-grained sediments and rocks. This compilation of fifty-nine peer-reviewed papers examines clay microstructure in detail with comprehensive sections focusing on microstructure signatures, environmental processes, modeling, measurement techniques, and future research recommendations. Many of these topics are discussed in light of geological and engineering applications, such as hazardous waste disposal, construction techniques, and drilling programs. The field of clay microstructure is developing rapidly. The concepts, observations, and principles presented in this book will help stimulate new thought and be a "spring board" for exciting new research.
Download or read book An Introduction To Hydraulics Of Fine Sediment Transport written by Ashish J Mehta and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents observations on the phenomena of fine sediment transport and their explanations under process-related divisions such as flocculation, erosion, and deposition.The text is a compilation of the author's lecture notes from nearly four decades of teaching and guiding graduate students in civil and coastal engineering. Illustrations of fine sediment transport processes and their complexities given in the book are taken from field and laboratory-based observations by the author and his students, as well as numerous investigators.The wide-ranging composition of particles (of inorganic and organic matter), their universal presence and their complex interactions with hydraulic forces make this branch of science a difficult one to deal with in a single treatise. It is therefore essential to study fine sediment transport as an independent subject rather than cover it in no more than a single chapter as many texts on coarse sediment transport have done.Even though the entire coverage is “introductory”, the twelve chapters collectively include more material than what can be reasonably dealt with in a one semester, three-credit course.The book includes an extensive description of the components of fine-grained — especially cohesive — sediment transport. It covers the development of the subject in scientific and engineering applications mainly from the 1950s to its present state. Solved examples and chapter-end exercises are also included.This text is aimed at senior civil engineering undergraduates and graduate students who, in the normal course of their study, seldom come across the subject of fine sediment transport in their curricula. Interested students should have a basic understanding of the mechanics of fluid flow and open channel hydraulics.
Download or read book Coastal and Estuarine Fine Sediment Processes written by W.H. McAnally and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The INTERCOH series of conferences bring together the world's leading researchers and practitioners in cohesive sediment transport processes to share recent insights. This book presents papers that examine the spectrum of fine sediment transport related science and engineering, including the basics and applications of flocculation, settling, deposition, and erosion, advanced numerical models used in engineering practice, and applications to mud flats and harbor siltation.
Download or read book Microtextural Elastic and Transport Properties of Source Rocks written by Ramil Surhay Oglu Ahmadov and published by Stanford University. This book was released on 2011 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation addresses recurrent questions in hydrocarbon reservoir characteri¬zation. In particular, the major focus of this research volume is microtextural characterization of source rock fabric as well as elastic and transport properties of source rocks. Source rocks are one of the most complicated and intriguing natural materials on earth. Their multiphase composition is continually evolving over various scales of length and time, creating the most heterogeneous class of rocks in existence. The heterogeneities are present from the submicroscopic scale to the macroscopic scale, and all contribute to a pronounced anisotropy and large variety of shale macroscopic behavior. Moreover, the effects of the multiphase composition are amplified within organic-rich rocks that contain varying amounts of kerogen. Despite significant research into the properties of kerogen, fundamental questions remain regarding how the intrinsic rock-physics properties of the organic fraction affect the macroscopic properties of host rocks. Because we do not fully understand the elastic properties of either the organic matter or the individual clay minerals present in source rocks, seismic velocity prediction in organic-rich shales remains challenging. Conventional measurements of 'macroscopic' or 'average' properties on core plugs are not sufficient to fully address the degree of property variation within organic-rich rocks. Alternatively, most analyses of organic matter rely on samples that have been isolated by dissolving the rock matrix. The properties of the organic matter before and after such isolation may be different, and all information about sample orientation is lost. In addition, comprehensive characterization of organic-rich rocks has been hindered by several factors: sample preparation is time-consuming, and the nanogranular nature of this rock type makes it difficult to link effective elastic properties to maceral properties, such as elastic moduli, composition, maturity, and quality. These difficulties have prevented us from building large databases, without which we cannot establish the accurate rock-physics models needed for inverting field geophysical data. I approach this issue using atomic-force microscopy based nanoindentation, coupled with scanning electron and confocal laser-scanning microscopy as a tool for visualization and identification of the organic part within shale, and to perform nanoscale elastic-property measurements. First, the microfabric of a set of source rock samples is characterized. The spatial and temporal link between organic matter and the stiff silicate mineral matrix is established, which leads to proposal of alternative Rock Physics modeling approach to organic-rich source rocks. Based on the nanoindentation measurements, I obtain elastic properties of source rock phases and provide several applications of these (nanoindentation-derived) elastic properties within a number of geomechanical problems. Finally, transport properties of various source rock formations are discussed based on comparison to more conventional reservoir rocks.
Download or read book Introduction To Hydraulics Of Fine Sediment Transport An Second Edition written by Ashish J Mehta and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expounds the hydraulics of fine sediment which is almost ubiquitously found in coastal and estuarine waters, and in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Although the basic subject may be categorized as applied marine physics in shallow waters, several physicochemical and biological effects on particulate transport have been addressed.In this second edition most of the chapters have been substantially updated, rewritten, and expanded. Overall, a significant change has also been made throughout by replacing sediment concentration, a unit dependent quantity at the heart of numerous descriptions, measurements, and calculations, with the nondimensional sediment volume fraction. It marks a divergence in the manner in which fine sediment transport data and calculations are conventionally presented.The book is mainly written for civil engineering seniors and graduate students, to offer a comprehensive foundation in hydraulics of fine sediment. The book is also a useful reference for researchers interested in the effects of physical chemistry and biology on fine sediment transport in water and to an extent on coastal and estuarine morphodynamics, sediment transport, port and harbor engineering, and applied shallow watwer marine physics. The book is also recommended reading for those interested in understanding particle transport in water.Related Link(s)
Download or read book Coastal and Estuarine Fine Sediment Processes written by William H. McAnally and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardbound. The INTERCOH series of conferences bring together the world's leading researchers and practitioners in cohesive sediment transport processes to share recent insights. This book presents papers that examine the spectrum of fine sediment transport related science and engineering, including the basics and applications of flocculation, settling, deposition, and erosion, advanced numerical models used in engineering practice, and applications to mud flats and harbor siltation.
Download or read book Fine grained Sediments written by Allen M. Teeter and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sediment and Contaminant Transport in Surface Waters written by Wilbert Lick and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contaminated bottom sediments and their negative impacts on water quality are a major problem in surface waters throughout the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. Even after elimination of the primary contaminant sources, these bottom sediments will be a main source of contaminants for many years to come. In order to determin
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Download or read book Ground Water Reactive Transport Model Cover Page 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement Website 04 Contents 05 Foreword czheng 06 Preface 07 Contributors 08 Chapter 1 Yeh et al HYDROGEOCHEMA 09 Chapter 2 Wheeler et al IPARS FINAL 10 Chapter 3 Xu et al revised TOUGHREACT 11 Chapter 4 Clement et al RT3D 12 Chapter 5 White et al STOMP ECKEChem 13 Chapter 6 Hammond et al PFLOTRAN 14 Chapter 7 Samper et al CORE2D V4 15 Chapter 8 Mayer et al MIN3P 16 Chapter 9 Hao et al NUFT 17 Index written by Fan Zhang and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ground water reactive transport models are useful to assess and quantify contaminant precipitation, absorption and migration in subsurface media. Many ground water reactive transport models available today are characterized by varying complexities, strengths, and weaknesses. Selecting accurate, efficient models can be a challenging task. This ebook addresses the needs, issues and challenges relevant to selecting a ground water reactive transport model to evaluate natural attenuation and alternative remediation schemes. It should serve as a handy guide for water resource managers seeking to ach.
Download or read book The Benthic Boundary Layer written by Bernard P. Boudreau and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-22 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The benthic boundary layer is the zone of water and sediment immediately adjacent to the bottom of a sea, lake, or river. This zone is of considerable interest to biologists, geochemists, sedimentologists, and engineers because of very strong gradients of energy, dissolved and solid chemical components, suspended matter, and the number of organisms that live there. It is, for example, the sink for anthropogenic substances and the home of microscopic plant life that provides the nutrients that determine fish populations--and ultimately the size of the fisheries. This book of original chapters edited by Professors Boudreau and Jorgensen, both leading researchers in the field, will meet the need for an up-to-date, definitive text/reference on measurements, techniques, and models for transport and biochemical processes in the benthic boundary layer. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of a selected field, with illustrated examples from the authors' own work. The book will appeal to professionals and researchers in marine biology, marine chemistry, marine engineering, and sedimentology.
Download or read book Poromechanics II written by J.L. Auriault and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings deal with the fundamentals and applications of poromechanics to geomechanics, material sciences, geophysics, acoustics and biomechanics. They discuss the state of the art in such topics as constitutive modelling and upscaling methods.
Download or read book Animal Sediment Relations written by Peter McCall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transport and Transformation of Contaminants Near the Sediment Water Interface written by Joseph V. DePinto and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1993-10-13 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport and Transformation of Contaminants Near the Sediment-Water Interface addresses the issue of contaminated bottom sediments and their potential adverse impacts on water quality. This state-of-the-science book covers regulatory management perspectives, physical processes, chemical and biological processes, and process synthesis/modeling. Specific topics discussed include EPA's Sediment Quality Criteria program from a regulatory perspective; flocculation, deposition, and resuspension of fine-grained sediments; approaches for measuring vertical sediment flux near the sediment-water interface; equilibrium models for metal speciation in natural sediments; the partitioning of organic chemicals in bottom sediments; and the development and application of models of sediment and associated contaminant transport in surface waters. The significance of recent studies suggesting that interaction of contaminated bottom sediments with the overlying water play an important role in the long-term recovery of aquatic systems makes Transport and Transformation of Contaminants Near the Sediment-Water Interface essential for water quality engineers, environmental chemists, and environmental toxicologists. The volume provides important information for consultants, regulators, researchers, and graduate students as well.
Download or read book Petrophysics written by Erle C. Donaldson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-01-24 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then start drilling. This book offers the engineer and geologist a manual to accomplish these goals, providing much-needed calculations and formulas on fluid flow, rock properties, and many other topics that are encountered every day. New updated material covers topics that have emerged in the petrochemical industry since 1997. - Contains information and calculations that the engineer or geologist must use in daily activities to find oil and devise a plan to get it out of the ground - Filled with problems and solutions, perfect for use in undergraduate, graduate, or professional courses - Covers real-life problems and cases for the practicing engineer
Download or read book Modelling Soil Erosion Sediment Transport and Closely Related Hydrological Processes written by Wolfgang Summer and published by IAHS Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sediment Transport Dynamics written by Weiming Wu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the fundamentals of sediment transport in surface waters. It covers sediment properties, open channel flows, sediment particle settling, incipient motion, bed forms, bed load, suspended load, total load, cohesive sediments, water-sediment two-phase flows, hyperconcentrated flows, debris flows, wave-induced sediment transport, turbidity currents, and physical modeling. Besides the primary context of river sedimentation, this book extensively covers sediment transport under coexisting waves and currents in coasts and estuaries, hyperconcentrated and debris flows in rivers, as well as turbidity currents in lakes, reservoirs, channels, and the ocean. It includes a chapter on the water-sediment two-phase flow theory, which is considered the basis of many sediment transport models. It introduces some special topics have that emerged in recent years, such as the transport of mixed cohesive and noncohesive sediments, biofilm-coated sediments, and infiltrated sand within gravel and cobble beds. The text merges classical and new knowledge of sediment transport from various sources in English and non-English literature and includes important contributions made by many scientists and engineers from all over the world. It balances the breadth, depth, fundamental importance, practical applicability, and future advancement of the covered knowledge, and can be used as a text and reference book. The chapters are arranged in a useful sequence for teaching purposes. Certain homework problems are prepared, which also highlight the important topics for instructors to select. Solutions to homework problems are available from the author by request.
