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Conceptual Models for Environmental Engineering Related to Subsurface Flow and Transport

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This chapter aims at providing an overview of research related to subsurface flow and transport modelling. We address the existing literature and discuss the role of modelling for engineering activities in the subsurface. For environmental applications, modelling is typically employed to quantify risk scenarios and corresponding uncertainties which arise from different origins. One source of uncertainty is, of course, the degree of abstraction that is applied to describe the relevant physics (or chemistry, if necessary) in a problem of interest.

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  1. Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Dirk Scheer

  2. Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems (IWS), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Holger Class & Bernd Flemisch

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Scheer, D., Class, H., Flemisch, B. (2021). Conceptual Models for Environmental Engineering Related to Subsurface Flow and Transport. In: Subsurface Environmental Modelling Between Science and Policy. Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51178-4_2

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