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Record W2614890554 · doi:10.15781/t2p55dn87

Computer simulation of mass transport in groundwater : affect of macroscopic heterogeneities in hydraulic conductivity

2017· dissertation· en· W2614890554 on OpenAlex
Peter B. McMahon

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Bibliographic record

VenueTexas ScholarWorks (Texas Digital Library) · 2017
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsHydraulic conductivityGroundwaterMass transportAffect (linguistics)Geotechnical engineeringGeologyPetroleum engineeringEnvironmental scienceHydrology (agriculture)MechanicsSoil scienceEngineeringPhysicsEngineering physicsPsychology

Abstract

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In this study a computer model was used to simulate dissolved chloride movement through alluvial sediments which border the Canadian River in Hutchinson County, Texas. Hydraulic conductivity values of the sediments were required in order to calculate groundwater velocities in the system. The most realistic representation of conductivity variations in porous media is expressed by frequency distributions rather than by averaged values of conductivity. Numerous sedimentological environments exhibit log-normal conductivity distributions; therefore, one was used in this investigation. A number of conclusions can be based on the results of this study. First, certain conductivity distributions account for the observed spread of chloride in the aquifer. The best match of observed chloride dispersion was obtained with autocorrelated log-normal conductivity distributions. Secondly, the degree of spatial dependence between adjacent conductivity values affected numerous results. These include the amount of chloride dispersion and the extent of uncertainty in calculated hydraulic head and chloride distributions. For comparative purposes the chloride distribution was also modeled using an average conductivity value. Under this condition the chloride plume moved at an average rate of 10 meters/year. Another result was that longitudinal and transverse dispersivities of 46 meters and 9 meters, respectively, were required to obtain a match between observed and modeled chloride distributions.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.693
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.003
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.012
GPT teacher head0.240
Teacher spread0.228 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it