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Delivery and Mixing in the Subsurface pp 53–75Cite as

Transport and Mixing

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This chapter is a tutorial overview of physical transport processes in the subsurface, particularly as they pertain to chemical delivery and mixing. This chapter is intended as background material to facilitate the understanding of Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Readers with backgrounds in physical hydrogeology and fluid mechanics may want to skip all or parts of this chapter.

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Kitanidis, P.K. (2012). Transport and Mixing. In: Kitanidis, P., McCarty, P. (eds) Delivery and Mixing in the Subsurface. SERDP ESTCP Environmental Remediation Technology, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2239-6_3

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