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In this paper we present a modeling approach developed for multicomponent reactive transport in partly or fully saturated media. The processes included in this modeling system comprise water flow and advective and/or diffusive transport of dissolved species, stationary and instationary gas phase diffusion, exchange between solutes and gaseous components, complexation and oxidation-reduction reactions in the aqueous phase, dissolution/precipitation reactions including sulfide mineral oxidation, buffering reactions, chemical weathering, and retardation processes (e.g. sorption).
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Nitzsche, O., Deissmann, G., Cramer, T. (2006). Development of a 2-D modeling system for reactive transport in variable saturated porous media. In: Merkel, B.J., Hasche-Berger, A. (eds) Uranium in the Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28367-6_25
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