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Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Fractured Porous Media: Modelling and Benchmarking

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The classical advection-dispersion equation of a conservative solute in porous media can be written as [1]

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  1. Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences CRAES, 8 Dayangfang BeiYuan Road, Beijing, 100012, China

    Yuanyuan Sun

  2. Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Chan-Hee Park

  3. United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, VA, USA

    Joshua Taron

  4. Inria Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique Research Centre, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France

    Geraldine Pichot

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  1. Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environm. Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Olaf Kolditz

  2. Federal Inst. for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany

    Hua Shao

  3. Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environm. Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Wenqing Wang

  4. Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Sebastian Bauer

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Sun, Y., Park, CH., Pichot, G., Taron, J. (2015). Random Walk Particle Tracking. In: Kolditz, O., Shao, H., Wang, W., Bauer, S. (eds) Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Fractured Porous Media: Modelling and Benchmarking. Terrestrial Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11894-9_6

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