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Two-Dimensional Flow and Mass Transport through Variably Saturated Porous Media from a Surface Waste Storage

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Numerical calculations in DHI FEFLOW software environment were used to assess the effect of variably saturated zone parameters on capillary barrier formation. The sensitivity of the model to these parameters was analyzed, and the conditions of barrier degeneracy were given.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-55-S52003.

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  1. Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    I. A. Rastorguev

  2. National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    I. A. Rastorguev

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Rastorguev, I.A. Two-Dimensional Flow and Mass Transport through Variably Saturated Porous Media from a Surface Waste Storage. Water Resour 47, 211–221 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807820020141

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