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University of Hawaii – Manoa
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Ripple, James K.
A study of the effects of confinement, soil parameters, and testing methods on the hydraulic conductivity of some finegrained soils on Oahu.
Degree: 2016, University of Hawaii – Manoa
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101434
► M.S. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2011.
The purpose of this study is to measure with research laboratory accuracy, the hydraulic conductivity of soils sampled…
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▼ M.S. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2011.
The purpose of this study is to measure with research laboratory accuracy, the hydraulic conductivity of soils sampled from the University of Hawaii Manoa campus so they may be implemented into the three-dimensional seepage flow study of the upper campus, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 5 shows an example of a three-dimensional (3-D) seepage flow analysis. The hydraulic conductivities will be measured using both direct and indirect methods of testing. The flexible wall permeameter has been chosen for the direct method with two approaches available: constant gradient and constant flow. The one-dimensional consolidometer will be used for the indirect method with two apparatuses available: standard one-dimensional consolidometer and one-dimensional consolidometer with pore pressure reading. These methods will be implemented on the undisturbed samples collected and observations and comparisons developed. In addition, influencing factors such as void ratio, grain size, confinement, swell, and other soil parameters will be examined for possible correlations.
Subjects/Keywords: hydraulic conductivity
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Ripple, J. K. (2016). A study of the effects of confinement, soil parameters, and testing methods on the hydraulic conductivity of some finegrained soils on Oahu. (Thesis). University of Hawaii – Manoa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101434
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Ripple, James K. “A study of the effects of confinement, soil parameters, and testing methods on the hydraulic conductivity of some finegrained soils on Oahu.” 2016. Thesis, University of Hawaii – Manoa. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101434.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ripple, James K. “A study of the effects of confinement, soil parameters, and testing methods on the hydraulic conductivity of some finegrained soils on Oahu.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ripple JK. A study of the effects of confinement, soil parameters, and testing methods on the hydraulic conductivity of some finegrained soils on Oahu. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101434.
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Ripple JK. A study of the effects of confinement, soil parameters, and testing methods on the hydraulic conductivity of some finegrained soils on Oahu. [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101434
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Cornell University
2.
Smith, Maria.
Linking Stem And Leaf Traits To Leaf Phenology In Native And Non-Native Woody Plants Of Eastern Deciduous Forests.
Degree: M.S., Horticultural Biology, Horticultural Biology, 2014, Cornell University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36134
► Non-native woody plants pose significant threats to biodiversity, and thus ecosystem goods and services. Many non-natives exhibit suites of traits such as higher productivity, which…
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▼ Non-native woody plants pose significant threats to biodiversity, and thus ecosystem goods and services. Many non-natives exhibit suites of traits such as higher productivity, which ties closely to tissue composition and above- and below-ground resource use. A major driver of plant productivity and a strategy of many successful non-natives is extended leaf phenology. Here, we explore both above- and belowground morphological and physiological traits that potentially enable early and late seasonal leaf productivity. In the first study, we relate belowground seasonal fine root production, biomass, and physiological function through nitrogen (N) uptake to aboveground leaf phenology of two congeneric pairs of native and invasive vines (Lonicera) and shrubs (Rhamnus). The second study explores the capacity of nonnative plants to more efficiently conduct water transport through differences in wood anatomical traits and arrangement of those traits.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bauerle, Taryn L. (chair), DiTommaso, Antonio (committee member), Fridley, Jason (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: phenology; root dynamics; hydraulic conductivity
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Smith, M. (2014). Linking Stem And Leaf Traits To Leaf Phenology In Native And Non-Native Woody Plants Of Eastern Deciduous Forests. (Masters Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36134
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Smith, Maria. “Linking Stem And Leaf Traits To Leaf Phenology In Native And Non-Native Woody Plants Of Eastern Deciduous Forests.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36134.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Smith, Maria. “Linking Stem And Leaf Traits To Leaf Phenology In Native And Non-Native Woody Plants Of Eastern Deciduous Forests.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Smith M. Linking Stem And Leaf Traits To Leaf Phenology In Native And Non-Native Woody Plants Of Eastern Deciduous Forests. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Cornell University; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36134.
Council of Science Editors:
Smith M. Linking Stem And Leaf Traits To Leaf Phenology In Native And Non-Native Woody Plants Of Eastern Deciduous Forests. [Masters Thesis]. Cornell University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36134
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Wuebbolt, Steven Louis.
PROFILING OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING A PERMEAFOR.
Degree: MS, 2020, University of New Hampshire
URL: https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1359
► Currently, most Departments of Transportation, including the NHDOT, use borehole infiltration testing to characterize the hydraulic conductivity of soils for the design of stormwater…
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▼ Currently, most Departments of Transportation, including the NHDOT, use borehole infiltration testing to characterize the
hydraulic conductivity of soils for the design of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP’s). The test essentially replicates the laboratory constant or falling head experiment except that it is conducted in a borehole. These field measurements are then used to estimate
hydraulic conductivity using methods published in the 1950s by Hvorslev which lack rigorous analysis and depend on numerous assumptions. Tests are also time consuming and their punctual nature requires testing at several locations and depths to obtain reliable values of permeability. A proposed solution is a tool called a Permeafor, an instrument originally developed in France to measure relative permeability in situ. The instrument consists of an approximately 2.5 foot long, 2 inch diameter cylindrical probe that is driven into the ground and stopped at specific depths while water is injected through a 2 inch long recessed perforated section. During use, the relationship between flow and
hydraulic head is measured and expressed as a ratio. This ratio can be correlated to
hydraulic conductivity using a theoretical shape factor based on the test configuration. Thus far, the comparison of Permeafor results in New Hampshire to commonly accepted laboratory and in situ permeability test methods has shown that the instrument has excellent potential to rapidly and more accurately assess the permeability of granular soils. In addition, a combination of driving resistance and soil permeability has shown that the Permeafor may also be useful in delineating stratigraphic details.
Advisors/Committee Members: Jean Benoît, Majid Ghayoomi, Philippe Reiffsteck.
Subjects/Keywords: Hydraulic Conductivity; In Situ Testing
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Wuebbolt, S. L. (2020). PROFILING OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING A PERMEAFOR. (Thesis). University of New Hampshire. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1359
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wuebbolt, Steven Louis. “PROFILING OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING A PERMEAFOR.” 2020. Thesis, University of New Hampshire. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1359.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wuebbolt, Steven Louis. “PROFILING OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING A PERMEAFOR.” 2020. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wuebbolt SL. PROFILING OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING A PERMEAFOR. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of New Hampshire; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1359.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Wuebbolt SL. PROFILING OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING A PERMEAFOR. [Thesis]. University of New Hampshire; 2020. Available from: https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1359
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Boise State University
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Johnson, Brady Allen.
Evapotranspiration in the Riparian Zone of the Lower Boise River with Implications for Groundwater Flow.
Degree: 2011, Boise State University
URL: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/168
► Riparian zones in semi-arid regions often exhibit high rates of evapotranspiration (ET) in spite of low soil moisture content due to vegetation that is able…
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▼ Riparian zones in semi-arid regions often exhibit high rates of evapotranspiration (ET) in spite of low soil moisture content due to vegetation that is able to withdraw water from shallow aquifers. This work better defines the relationship between ET and the saturated zone by comparing the observed water table drawdown to analytically modeled drawdown in fully penetrating wells of an unconfined aquifer in response to daily ET flux. ET at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site or BHRS (a riparian zone in a temperate, semi arid environment) is calculated following the approach of Batra et al. (2006) but uses site (or near site) measurements for air temperature and net radiation while relying on Landsat 5 data for quantification of vegetation. The resulting ET calculations represent a data set consisting of high resolution (30m x 30m) ET flux values obtained from minimal site measurements. Water table levels in the shallow, unconfined aquifer were monitored over the summer and fall of 2009 to record the timing and magnitude of daily fluctuations in four wells with different vegetation densities and distances from the nearby Boise River at the site. ET derived from the radiation-driven model of Batra et al. (2006) compares favorably with groundwater ET contribution rates calculated from well hydrographs (White, 1932), which further supports the finding of negligible water contribution coming from the unsaturated zone in shallow riparian aquifers in semi-arid regions (Shah et al., 2007).
Using an analytical solution to ET induced drawdown (Malama & Johnson, 2010) for a semi-infinite (or river bounded) domain, daily drawdown is modeled in response to daily ET flux applied at the water table. Close agreement between observed and modeled drawdown supports the idea that ET can be estimated from well hydrographs in a wellcharacterized aquifer and conversely, if ET behavior is characterized, aquifer parameters like hydraulic conductivity and specific storage can be estimated from well hydrographs.
Subjects/Keywords: Evapotranspiration; Phreatophytes; Hydraulic Conductivity; Geology
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Johnson, B. A. (2011). Evapotranspiration in the Riparian Zone of the Lower Boise River with Implications for Groundwater Flow. (Thesis). Boise State University. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/168
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Johnson, Brady Allen. “Evapotranspiration in the Riparian Zone of the Lower Boise River with Implications for Groundwater Flow.” 2011. Thesis, Boise State University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/168.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Johnson, Brady Allen. “Evapotranspiration in the Riparian Zone of the Lower Boise River with Implications for Groundwater Flow.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Johnson BA. Evapotranspiration in the Riparian Zone of the Lower Boise River with Implications for Groundwater Flow. [Internet] [Thesis]. Boise State University; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/168.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Johnson BA. Evapotranspiration in the Riparian Zone of the Lower Boise River with Implications for Groundwater Flow. [Thesis]. Boise State University; 2011. Available from: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/168
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Georgia
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Abreu, Maria Eugenia.
Permeability estimates for soils in the southern piedmont of Georgia.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22862
► A combination of different characteristics may affect the permeability behavior of a soil. Saturated hydraulic conductivity or permeability (Ks) was measured in situ at five…
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▼ A combination of different characteristics may affect the permeability behavior of a soil. Saturated hydraulic conductivity or permeability (Ks) was measured in situ at five sites in the Georgia Piedmont in order to examine relationships
between Ks and soil morphological features. At each site, Ks was measured at seven locations on each of the three transects extending from summit to footslope components of the hillslope. At each location Ks was measured at three different depths with a
compact constant head permeameter. Lab analyses were conducted with samples taken from the field to associate morphological features with soil permeability behavior. Results of this study indicate that field Ks measurements varied according to the parent
material that developed that soil. Soils with considerably high permeability typically developed from felsic parent material and soils with low permeability typically originated from mafic parent materials. For each location within a site, horizon
nomenclature had a great impact on the movement of water and these differences were further analyzed in the lab. Particle size distribution, bulk density, and CEC were examined to provide detailed information about horizon characteristics. Landscape
(hillslope) was not a major factor affecting the field Ks and no pattern was observed for the hillslope component.
Subjects/Keywords: saturated hydraulic conductivity; bulk density
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Abreu, M. E. (2014). Permeability estimates for soils in the southern piedmont of Georgia. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22862
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Abreu, Maria Eugenia. “Permeability estimates for soils in the southern piedmont of Georgia.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22862.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Abreu, Maria Eugenia. “Permeability estimates for soils in the southern piedmont of Georgia.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Abreu ME. Permeability estimates for soils in the southern piedmont of Georgia. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22862.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Abreu ME. Permeability estimates for soils in the southern piedmont of Georgia. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22862
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Abdelmohsen, Shahynaz.
EQUIVALENT FRESHWATER MODELS FOR COASTAL AQUIFERS.
Degree: MASc (Master of Applied Science/Maîtrise ès sciences
appliquées), Civil Engineering/Génie civil, 2014, Royal Military College of Canada
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11264/143
► The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of saltwater intrusion on the transient hydraulic behavior of coastal aquifers and to develop an…
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▼ The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of
saltwater intrusion on the transient hydraulic behavior of coastal
aquifers and to develop an Equivalent Freshwater Modeling (EFM)
approach. The EFM approach proposed here focuses on the use of an
Equivalent Freshwater Hydraulic Conductivity.
A two dimensional
finite difference saltwater/freshwater model was developed using
SEAWAT. An equivalent two dimensional freshwater-only model was
also developed using MODFLOW. Both saltwater/freshwater and
freshwater-only models were run under different recharge and
pumping conditions. A comparison between the two models’ behaviour
was held to identify possible relationships between the hydraulic
conductivity (Ks) of the saltwater/freshwater model and the
hydraulic conductivity (Kf) of the freshwater-only model. For each
value of Ks a calibration exercise was performed to choose the
equivalent Kf value that gives the minimum Root Mean Square Error
between the two models. Plots of the relationship between Ks and
the optimal Kf values were generated for a range of Ks values and
for a range of pumping conditions represented by the ratio of
pumping rate over the freshwater lens thickness, (Q/Bf). The
optimal Kf values were then tested with three dimensional models.
From the different simulation scenarios we found that the presence
of saltwater intrusion does not significantly affect the behavior
of fine sand aquifers (Ks < 5 m/d), under the full range of
pumping and freshwater lens thicknesses considered in this study.
In medium sand aquifers (10 < Ks < 25 m/day), the presence of
the intrusion requires an Equivalent Freshwater Hydraulic
Conductivity (Kf) that is 20 to 30% higher than the original value,
but the required Kf is fairly independent of the pumping over the
freshwater lens thickness ratio (Q/Bf) In coarse sand aquifers (Ks
> 45 m/day), the saltwater presence does have a significant
effect on the aquifer behavior and the ratio of Kf over Ks is
significantly affected by the freshwater lens thickness and the
pumping rate.
The 3-D model verifications, that were performed
with Fine Sand and Medium Sand Hydraulic Conductivities only,
confirmed the Kf /Ks relationships that were developed with the 2-D
models. The performance of the EFM approach was found to depend on
the aquifer hydraulic conductivity, the freshwater lens thickness
and the intensity of the pumping applied to the
models.
Le but de cette étude était d’investiguer l’impact des
intrusions salines sur le comportement hydraulique transitoire des
aquifères côtiers et de développer une approche de Modélisation
Équivalente d’Eaux Douces (MEED). L’approche MEED proposée ici, est
axée sur l’utilisation d’une Conductivité Hydraulique d’Eau Douce
Équivalente.
Un modèle bidimensionnel eaux salines / eaux
fraiches en différence finies a été développé à l’aide de SEAWAT.
Un modèle bidimensionnel eaux fraiches équivalent a aussi été
développé avec MODFLOW. Les deux modèles ont été exécutés sous
différentes conditions de recharge et de pompage. Une comparaison…
Advisors/Committee Members: Royal Military College of Canada / Collège militaire royal du Canada, Tetreault, Michel, Hulley, Michael.
Subjects/Keywords: Coastal aquifer; Saltwater Hydraulic Conductivity; Equivalent Freshwater Hydraulic Conductivity; SEAWAT
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Abdelmohsen, S. (2014). EQUIVALENT FRESHWATER MODELS FOR COASTAL AQUIFERS. (Masters Thesis). Royal Military College of Canada. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11264/143
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Abdelmohsen, Shahynaz. “EQUIVALENT FRESHWATER MODELS FOR COASTAL AQUIFERS.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Royal Military College of Canada. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11264/143.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Abdelmohsen, Shahynaz. “EQUIVALENT FRESHWATER MODELS FOR COASTAL AQUIFERS.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Abdelmohsen S. EQUIVALENT FRESHWATER MODELS FOR COASTAL AQUIFERS. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Royal Military College of Canada; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11264/143.
Council of Science Editors:
Abdelmohsen S. EQUIVALENT FRESHWATER MODELS FOR COASTAL AQUIFERS. [Masters Thesis]. Royal Military College of Canada; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11264/143

Delft University of Technology
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Kaptein, Milou (author).
Mixed in place permeability reductive layer through Al and OM precipitation.
Degree: 2021, Delft University of Technology
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d9d4d66f-93e0-4691-a300-8e5d2630710b
► <p class="MsoNormal">The control of infiltration and seepage of water is one ofthe most challenging tasks in water management and civil-engineering and, inan attempt to control…
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▼ <p class="MsoNormal">The control of infiltration and seepage of water is one ofthe most challenging tasks in water management and civil-engineering and, inan attempt to control this, methods for forming a waterimpermeable layer inthe soil have been widely practised in soil engineering (Laumann et al., 2018;Proto et al., 2016). The use of natural processes to modify the engineeringproperties of the subsurface could help to develop cost-effective, robust andsustainable engineering technologies and is attracting increasing attentionfrom the industry (Zhou, 2020). This research aims to reduce the permeabilityby using aluminium (Al) and organic matter (OM) precipitates mixed ex-situwith porous media to create a horizontal barrier. The Al-OM precipitates wereexpected to clog the pore space with a reduction in permeability and hydraulicconductivity as result. To find out if it is feasible to use Al-OMprecipitates mixed ex-situ with porous media for a permeability reductivelayer, the Al-OM precipitates and the permeability of the medium wereresearched. To characterise the flocculation reaction, experiments onthe flocculation were performed. The yield of the reaction was obtained byadding certain amounts of Al and OM solutions to form particular amounts of drymass of flocs. This experiment confirmed the hypothesis that 85% of the addedmass of OM will result in dry mass of flocs. The concept of a critical metal tocarbon ratio (M/C-ratio), indicating flocculation regardless of the inputconcentrations, was tested by measuring the pH over an increasing M/C-ratio.From this titration curve, the found critical M/C ratio is between 0.0230.031,and the pH stabilises at a level lower than pH 4. This result proves theconcept behind the numerical scenarios describing the titration of OM solutionswith Al3+, with a critical molar M/C ratio independent of the inputconcentrations (Veerkamp, 2018; Zhou, 2020). After determining the yield of thereaction and concluding that the concentration of Al and OM was not ofinfluence, the by-products of the Al-OM reaction were quantified. The ionicstrength of the supernatant of an increasing density of flocs in solution wasdetermined by measuring the electrical
conductivity (EC). The results showedthat the ionic strength increased linearly with an increasing density of flocs.The relationship between the ionic strength and the density of flocs was coupledto the linear relationship between concentrations potassium chloride (KCl) andits EC. From the results, the measured EC can be used as a tracer since the K+and Cl are nonreactive. The
hydraulic conductivity measurements were conducted by afalling head test to be able to make an indication of the change inpermeability when adding the Al-OM precipitates to the sand. To find theoptimal method to mix the Al, OM and porous media, the influence of differentmethods of producing, adding and mixing the materials on the permeabilityreduction is explored. In the first mixing method, the Al and OM were added insolution, the solution containing Al-OM…
Advisors/Committee Members: Heimovaara, T.J. (mentor), Jumelet, D. (graduation committee), Hrachowitz, M. (graduation committee), Askarinejad, A. (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: SoSEAL; Permeability Reduction; Hydraulic Conductivity; Hydraulic conductivity reduction; Al-OM
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Kaptein, M. (. (2021). Mixed in place permeability reductive layer through Al and OM precipitation. (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d9d4d66f-93e0-4691-a300-8e5d2630710b
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kaptein, Milou (author). “Mixed in place permeability reductive layer through Al and OM precipitation.” 2021. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d9d4d66f-93e0-4691-a300-8e5d2630710b.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kaptein, Milou (author). “Mixed in place permeability reductive layer through Al and OM precipitation.” 2021. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Kaptein M(. Mixed in place permeability reductive layer through Al and OM precipitation. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2021. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d9d4d66f-93e0-4691-a300-8e5d2630710b.
Council of Science Editors:
Kaptein M(. Mixed in place permeability reductive layer through Al and OM precipitation. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2021. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d9d4d66f-93e0-4691-a300-8e5d2630710b

University of Georgia
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Shirley, Aubrey Christian.
Estimating saturated hydraulic conductivity for southeastern soils using decision tree analysis.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/27300
► Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are used to predict saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) from more easily measured soil properties. Our objective was to determine if soil morphology…
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▼ Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are used to predict saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) from more easily measured soil properties. Our objective was to determine if soil morphology was an important factor in predicting Ks using PTFs. We used
soil profile descriptions for nine soils from the S-124 regional project dataset describing soils of the southeastern United States. Our best decision-tree model predicted log10 Ks (cm day-1) with an average log10 root mean square residual (RMSR) of
0.8017. The best models used bulk density and texture but not soil morphological descriptors. Sand textural class predicted the highest Ks. For the finer textured soils, the splits were based on bulk density. The NRCS method predicted Ks with a RMSR of
0.9562. Morphological descriptors of soil structure may not have been important because bulk density acted as a surrogate for structure.
Subjects/Keywords: Regression tees; saturated hydraulic conductivity; soil structure
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Shirley, A. C. (2014). Estimating saturated hydraulic conductivity for southeastern soils using decision tree analysis. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/27300
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Shirley, Aubrey Christian. “Estimating saturated hydraulic conductivity for southeastern soils using decision tree analysis.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/27300.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Shirley, Aubrey Christian. “Estimating saturated hydraulic conductivity for southeastern soils using decision tree analysis.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Shirley AC. Estimating saturated hydraulic conductivity for southeastern soils using decision tree analysis. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/27300.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Shirley AC. Estimating saturated hydraulic conductivity for southeastern soils using decision tree analysis. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/27300
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Saskatchewan
9.
Li, Gang.
Effect of cracks on the transport characteristics of cracked concrete.
Degree: 2014, University of Saskatchewan
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-04-1525
► Cracks in reinforced concrete structures can occur as a result of many phenomena such as fresh concrete bleeding, restrained shrinkage, thermal gradients, freeze-thaw cycles, alkali-aggregate…
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▼ Cracks in reinforced concrete structures can occur as a result of many phenomena such as fresh concrete bleeding, restrained shrinkage, thermal gradients, freeze-thaw cycles, alkali-aggregate reactions, and can also be induced by external loading. Thus, concrete becomes more vulnerable to the processes of deterioration by corrosion of reinforcement. The corrosion rate of cracked reinforced concrete in different exposure conditions has been studied by some researchers. However, it is not clear how the presence of cracks affects the corrosion-determining factors, which control the corrosion pattern at the crack. The objective of this project was to develop an understanding of the effects of cracking on the transport characteristics under wetting and drying cycles.
In this project, flexural loading induced natural cracks, and parallel-wall artificial cracks were studied. The infiltration properties of those cracks were evaluated by the tension infiltrometry technique. The saturation conditions around the crack were monitored with the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) technique. A numerical simulation was carried out to model the evolution of saturation in the cracked beams; in the model two crack modeling approaches were employed and compared.
The infiltration test showed that the presence of both artificial and natural cracks (0.3 mm and 1.0 mm) dramatically increased the permeability of concrete. The value of
hydraulic conductivity was increased by up to 5 orders of magnitude at the location of the crack.
The evolution of water saturation of the cracked concrete under wetting and drying conditions was analyzed as colour-scaled images and the water saturation contours were compared for different crack openings. For the artificial crack samples, a deviation from the expected “perfectly symmetric” flow regime around a straight crack was observed. This was probably caused by the micro cracks induced during the shim pull-out process or a non-uniform compaction around the shim insertion. For the natural cracks, in the drying phase, smaller cracks seemed to have better water storage. Hence, the water saturation decreased at a slightly slower rate. The crack behaved like an open surface that was exposed to the environment. Application of the same material properties to the open surface and the crack surface did not bring a large error for the water flow simulations.
A hysteresis phenomenon has been found during the identification of the Van Genuchten material parameters using an inverse modelling approach, with Ks=5×10-10 m/s, α =4.33×10-4, for the wetting phase, n=1.32 and for the drying phase, n=2.0.
The simulation results suggest that for the simple flexural crack, the 1D crack line averaged from the front and back crack lines is capable of representing the crack in the wetting and drying scenario. The crack could be modelled as “free surface” or “equivalent porous medium”.
Advisors/Committee Members: Boulfiza, Moh, Wegner, Leon, Feldman, Lisa, Park, Peter.
Subjects/Keywords: Hydraulic conductivity
Permeability
Cracked concrete
TDR
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Li, G. (2014). Effect of cracks on the transport characteristics of cracked concrete. (Thesis). University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-04-1525
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Li, Gang. “Effect of cracks on the transport characteristics of cracked concrete.” 2014. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-04-1525.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Li, Gang. “Effect of cracks on the transport characteristics of cracked concrete.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Li G. Effect of cracks on the transport characteristics of cracked concrete. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-04-1525.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Li G. Effect of cracks on the transport characteristics of cracked concrete. [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-04-1525
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
10.
Jansen, Timothy A.
The Effect of Rock Properties on Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in the Eagle Ford and Fayetteville Shales.
Degree: MS, Petroleum Engineering, 2014, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153882
► Hydraulic fracture treatments are used in low permeability shale reservoirs in order to provide highly conductive pathways from the reservoir to the wellbore. The success…
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▼ Hydraulic fracture treatments are used in low permeability shale reservoirs in order to provide highly conductive pathways from the reservoir to the wellbore. The success of these treatments is highly reliant on the created fracture
conductivity. Optimizing fracture designs to improve well performance requires knowledge of how fracture
conductivity is affected by rock and proppant characteristics.
This study investigates the relationship between rock characteristics and laboratory measurements of propped and unpropped fracture
conductivity of outcrop samples. These samples are from the Eagle Ford shale and the Fayetteville shale. Triaxial compression tests were performed on core specimens in order to determine the Young’s Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio of the outcrop samples. A combination of X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to determine the mineralogy. Profilometer surface scans were also performed to characterize the fracture topography.
The results from this study show that the main factors affecting fracture
conductivity are closure stress and proppant characteristics (concentration, size, and strength). For unpropped fractures, the fracture topography is the main factor in determining fracture
conductivity. The topography interaction of the two surfaces determines the fracture width. A higher Young’s Modulus helps maintain this fracture width by resisting deformation as closure stress increases. For propped fractures, the most influential factor in determining fracture
conductivity is proppant characteristics (concentration, size, and strength). At a proppant monolayer
placement, the major mechanism for
conductivity loss is proppant embedment, leading to decreased fracture width. A higher Young’s Modulus reduces the proppant embedment and better maintains fracture
conductivity as closure stress increases. For a multilayer proppant
pack concentration, the effect of rock characteristics is negligible compared to the effect of proppant pack characteristics.
Advisors/Committee Members: Zhu, Ding (advisor), Hill, A. Daniel (committee member), Chester, Fredrick M (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Fracture Conductivity; Eagle Ford; Fayetteville; Hydraulic Fracturing
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Jansen, T. A. (2014). The Effect of Rock Properties on Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in the Eagle Ford and Fayetteville Shales. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153882
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jansen, Timothy A. “The Effect of Rock Properties on Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in the Eagle Ford and Fayetteville Shales.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153882.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jansen, Timothy A. “The Effect of Rock Properties on Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in the Eagle Ford and Fayetteville Shales.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Jansen TA. The Effect of Rock Properties on Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in the Eagle Ford and Fayetteville Shales. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153882.
Council of Science Editors:
Jansen TA. The Effect of Rock Properties on Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in the Eagle Ford and Fayetteville Shales. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153882

University of Wollongong
11.
Nguyen, Vo Trong.
Flow through filters in embankment dams.
Degree: PhD, 2012, University of Wollongong
URL: 090501
Civil
Geotechnical
Engineering,
090502
Construction
Engineering,
090507
Transport
Engineering,
090509
Water
Resources
Engineering
;
https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3646
► This thesis presents studies relating to filter and filtration problems, namely time-dependent filtration process of a given combination of base and filter soils, suffusion…
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▼ This thesis presents studies relating to filter and filtration problems, namely time-dependent filtration process of a given combination of base and filter soils, suffusion mechanism of filters, and determination of saturated hydraulic conductivity of filters. Firstly, the time-dependent filtration process was studied by incorporating superior tools related to the pore network of filters, hydraulic behaviour, and the transport of soil particles. The outcome of this model can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of filters through the accumulation of base soils within filter layers, or the flow rate that describes the stable formation of the self-filtering layer within filters, or unstable layers. Secondly, a new method was proposed to consider the bimodal structure of suffusion soils that have not been appropriately assessed in the past. A procedure to determine a particle size called 'delimiting particle size' was introduced to consider the porosities of finer and coarser fractions of suffusion soils. Furthermore, the concept of constriction sizes was applied to this study, leading to a criterion for assessing whether or not a given soil possesses the potential for suffusion. Finally, a new equation for determining the saturated hydraulic conductivity of granular soils was proposed to correlate the hydraulic conductivity and pore network of soils that can be presented by constriction sizes. Unlike past studies that related hydraulic conductivity to particle sizes, the new constriction based method shows more proper predictions than existing approaches using particle sizes.
Subjects/Keywords: filtration; suffusion; granular filters; hydraulic conductivity
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Nguyen, V. T. (2012). Flow through filters in embankment dams. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Wollongong. Retrieved from 090501 Civil Geotechnical Engineering, 090502 Construction Engineering, 090507 Transport Engineering, 090509 Water Resources Engineering ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3646
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Nguyen, Vo Trong. “Flow through filters in embankment dams.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wollongong. Accessed March 04, 2021.
090501 Civil Geotechnical Engineering, 090502 Construction Engineering, 090507 Transport Engineering, 090509 Water Resources Engineering ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3646.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nguyen, Vo Trong. “Flow through filters in embankment dams.” 2012. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Nguyen VT. Flow through filters in embankment dams. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Wollongong; 2012. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: 090501 Civil Geotechnical Engineering, 090502 Construction Engineering, 090507 Transport Engineering, 090509 Water Resources Engineering ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3646.
Council of Science Editors:
Nguyen VT. Flow through filters in embankment dams. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Wollongong; 2012. Available from: 090501 Civil Geotechnical Engineering, 090502 Construction Engineering, 090507 Transport Engineering, 090509 Water Resources Engineering ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3646

Luleå University of Technology
12.
Abitew, Aymiro.
Hydro-Geotechnical Study of Tailings at Aitik Mine : Emphasis on Hydraulic Conductivity of the Deposit.
Degree: 2012, Luleå University of Technology
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-44287
► The main objective of this study is to characterize the tailings deposit at Aitik Mine in terms of its hydro geotechnical properties with more…
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▼ The main objective of this study is to characterize the tailings deposit at Aitik Mine in terms of its hydro geotechnical properties with more emphasis on hydraulic conductivity and present their vertical and horizontal distribution. In this study, relationship between each parameter has also been identified. The investigation has been done in three sections which cover approximately 3km2 of area and 4-5meters vertically. 3-5 test pits have been excavated in each section and disturbed and undisturbed samples are collected from various levels. Apart from in situ tests like balloon density, laboratory investigations have been done on the collected samples. These tests includes: Proctor compaction, particle density termination, grain size analysis, and permeability. Evaluation of existing empirical relations between grain size analysis and hydraulic conductivity were also one of the aims of this thesis work.The horizontal hydraulic conductivity has been found to have a good correlation to fine fraction and void ratio. Similar to the results of Jantzer et al (2008), the increased void ratio did not correspond to vertical hydraulic conductivity. Based on evaluation of Hazen (1911) and Chapuis et al (2003) formulas using the samples collected, conclusions have been made. Therefore, Hazen formula (1911) has given 25 and 45 times the measured values of vertical and horizontal hydraulic conductivity respectively. On the other hand, Chapuis et al (2003) has not been succeeded for prediction of hydraulic conductivity of undisturbed samples. However, it has given comparatively good prediction of hydraulic conductivity for disturbed samples which are compacted to their field dry density. Particle density, porosity and void ratio results are in agreement with the range determined by Yunxin (2001), Shamsai (2007), and Jantzer et al (2008) on different tailings deposit. Ice layers are encountered exactly above layers with higher silt and clay contents. Silty SAND is discovered to be the predominant soil type in the investigated area.Because the study was able to cover only part of the whole deposit, further detailed investigation covering the whole area and depth of the deposit is recommended to be done in the future. Additionally, monitoring and continuous measurements are important to minimize uncertainty that could be caused by seasonal tailings property changes.
Validerat; 20120622 (anonymous)
Subjects/Keywords: Technology; Hydraulic conductivity; Tailings; void ratio; Teknik
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Abitew, A. (2012). Hydro-Geotechnical Study of Tailings at Aitik Mine : Emphasis on Hydraulic Conductivity of the Deposit. (Thesis). Luleå University of Technology. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-44287
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Abitew, Aymiro. “Hydro-Geotechnical Study of Tailings at Aitik Mine : Emphasis on Hydraulic Conductivity of the Deposit.” 2012. Thesis, Luleå University of Technology. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-44287.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Abitew, Aymiro. “Hydro-Geotechnical Study of Tailings at Aitik Mine : Emphasis on Hydraulic Conductivity of the Deposit.” 2012. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Abitew A. Hydro-Geotechnical Study of Tailings at Aitik Mine : Emphasis on Hydraulic Conductivity of the Deposit. [Internet] [Thesis]. Luleå University of Technology; 2012. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-44287.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Abitew A. Hydro-Geotechnical Study of Tailings at Aitik Mine : Emphasis on Hydraulic Conductivity of the Deposit. [Thesis]. Luleå University of Technology; 2012. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-44287
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Arizona
13.
Vera, Mauricio Alfredo.
What Defines the Effective Hydraulic Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Medium?
.
Degree: 2018, University of Arizona
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628584
► Geologic processes produce heterogeneous porous materials that are complex systems to analyze. This research is focused on the bulk behavior of these heterogeneous media, specifically,…
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▼ Geologic processes produce heterogeneous porous materials that are complex systems to analyze. This research is focused on the bulk behavior of these heterogeneous media, specifically, the effective
hydraulic conductivity (Keff). Specifically, I studied media comprised of two block materials with different K values to understand how the percent composition of the materials and their spatial distribution affect Keff. Two approaches are taken. First, I examine an exponential mixing law, that describes Keff as falling between two end members when the materials are distributed parallel to (arithmetic) and perpendicular to (harmonic) the flow direction. The results, based on examining steady state flow through 990,000 grids with MODFLOW linked with MATLAB, indicate a linear increase in the exponent describing K mixing as a function of the fraction of the high K material included, leading to an expression that estimates Keff with an R2 of 0.982. Second, I show that an approach based on energy dissipation weighting, while difficult to infer visually, returns a perfect explanation of K weighting.; Procesos geológicos producen materiales porosos heterogéneos que son complejos sistemas de análisis. Esta investigación se enfoca en el comportamiento aparente de estos medios heterogéneos, específicamente, la conductividad hidráulica efectiva (Keff). Específicamente, estudio un medio compuesto de bloques de materiales con diferentes valores de K (conductividad hidráulica) con el fin de entender como el porcentaje de la composición de los materiales y su distribución afecta a la Keff. Dos aproximaciones son consideradas. En primer lugar, examine una ley de mezcla exponencial, que describa los límites de Keff cuando los materiales son distribuidos paralelamente (aritmética) y perpendiculares (armoníca) a la dirección del flujo. Los resultados examinados, basados en flujos constantes por medio de 990,000 grillas en MODFLOW enlazado con MATLAB, indica un incremento lineal en el exponente que describe K mezclado como función de la fracción de material K alto incluido, liderando una expresión que estima Keff con un R2 de 0.982. Segundo, muestro que una aproximación basada en la ponderación de la disipación de energía, aunque es difícil de inferir visualmente, arroja una explicación perfecta de la ponderación de K.
Advisors/Committee Members: Ferré, Ty P.A (advisor), Meixner, Thomas (committeemember), Maddock, Thomas (committeemember), Dickinson, Jesse (committeemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Effective Hydraulic Conductivity;
Heterogeneous Media;
MODFLOW
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Vera, M. A. (2018). What Defines the Effective Hydraulic Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Medium?
. (Masters Thesis). University of Arizona. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628584
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vera, Mauricio Alfredo. “What Defines the Effective Hydraulic Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Medium?
.” 2018. Masters Thesis, University of Arizona. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628584.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vera, Mauricio Alfredo. “What Defines the Effective Hydraulic Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Medium?
.” 2018. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Vera MA. What Defines the Effective Hydraulic Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Medium?
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Arizona; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628584.
Council of Science Editors:
Vera MA. What Defines the Effective Hydraulic Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Medium?
. [Masters Thesis]. University of Arizona; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628584

University of Waterloo
14.
Ketcheson, Scott James.
An evaluation of the water balance and moisture dynamics within Sphagnum mosses following the restoration (rewetting) of an abandoned block-cut bog.
Degree: 2011, University of Waterloo
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6328
► Artificial drainage networks established throughout peatlands during the peat extraction process often remain active following abandonment, maintaining a water table relatively far from the surface…
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▼ Artificial drainage networks established throughout peatlands during the peat extraction process often remain active following abandonment, maintaining a water table relatively far from the surface of the peat and hindering the survival and reestablishment of Sphagnum mosses. Since cutover peatlands are characterized by low (negative) soil water pressures, sufficient internal water storage and balanced water fluxes are critical for the physiological function of spontaneously regenerated Sphagnum mosses. The relative importance of water exchanges between spontaneously regenerated Sphagnum moss cushions and their surroundings are addressed through investigation of the sensitivity of moss moisture dynamics to a range of environmental variables. Precipitation waters are poorly retained within the cushions, which indicated that rain event water can only be relied upon by the mosses for a short period of time. An imbalance between water inputs and losses from moss cushions identified that additional (small) sources of water, such as dewfall and distillation, are potentially important for physiological processes under dry conditions, common in disturbed peatland ecosystems.
As an initial restoration effort, rewetting of the peatland by blocking drainage ditches consequently reduced the runoff efficiency and caused the site-average water table to rise by 32 cm. Higher water tables and a blocked drainage network created conditions more favourable for Sphagnum survival through increasing the moisture content and soil-water pressures within the remnant peat deposit. The hydrologic connectivity between moss cushions and the remnant peat was strong when conditions were wet and the water table was within 30 cm of the surface of the cutover peat but weakened as conditions became drier, as reflected by weakened upward hydraulic gradients in the unsaturated zone below the moss cushions. Runoff variability increased following rewetting, and displayed a greater dependence upon antecedent conditions (capacity to retain additional water on-site) and event-based precipitation dynamics. Evapotranspiration rates were 25% higher following rewetting (3.6 mm day-1) compared to pre-restoration ET rates of 2.7 mm day-1. Total storage changes were restricted following rewetting, as a factor of the reduced runoff losses limiting water table drawdown, thereby constraining peat compression and preventing undue drying of the unsaturated zone.
Changes to the system hydrology following rewetting of the peatland by blocking drainage ditches created conditions more favourable for Sphagnum survival through increasing the moisture content and soil-water pressures within the remnant peat deposit; although restoration efforts should aim to constrain water table fluctuations to within the upper 30 cm.
Subjects/Keywords: peatland; hydrology; Sphagnum; restoration; hydraulic conductivity
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Ketcheson, Scott James. “An evaluation of the water balance and moisture dynamics within Sphagnum mosses following the restoration (rewetting) of an abandoned block-cut bog.” 2011. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6328.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ketcheson, Scott James. “An evaluation of the water balance and moisture dynamics within Sphagnum mosses following the restoration (rewetting) of an abandoned block-cut bog.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ketcheson SJ. An evaluation of the water balance and moisture dynamics within Sphagnum mosses following the restoration (rewetting) of an abandoned block-cut bog. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6328.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Ketcheson SJ. An evaluation of the water balance and moisture dynamics within Sphagnum mosses following the restoration (rewetting) of an abandoned block-cut bog. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6328
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Virginia Tech
15.
Cranmer, Elizabeth Nadine.
Effect of Urbanization on the Hyporheic Zone: Lessons from the Virginia Piedmont.
Degree: MS, Environmental Planning, 2011, Virginia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43872
► As the worldâ s population shifts toward living in cities, urbanization and its deleterious effects on the environment are a cause of increasing concern. The…
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▼ As the worldâ s population shifts toward living in cities, urbanization and its deleterious effects on the environment are a cause of increasing concern. The hyporheic zone is an important part of stream ecosystems, and here we focus on the effect of urbanization on the hyporheic zone from ten first-to-second-order streams within the Virginia Piedmont. We use sediment
hydraulic conductivity and stream geomorphic complexity (vertical undulation of thalweg, channel sinuosity) as metrics of the potential for hyporheic exchange (hyporheic potential). Our results include bivariate plots that relate urbanization (e.g., total percent impervious) with hyporheic potential at several spatial scales. For example, at the watershed level, we observed a decrease in horizontal
hydraulic conductivity with urbanization and an increase in vertical
hydraulic conductivity, which ultimately results in a negligible trend from conflicting processes. Vertical geomorphic complexity increased with total percent impervious cover. This trend was somewhat unexpected and may be due to erosion of legacy sediment in stream banks. At the reach level,
hydraulic conductivity increased and sinuosity decreased as the riparian buffer width increased; these trends are weak and are essentially negligible. The
hydraulic conductivity results conform to expected trends and are a product of aforementioned concomitant processes. Our results emphasize the complexity of hydrologic and geomorphic processes occurring in urban stream systems at multiple scales. Overall, the watershed level effects enhancing hyporheic exchange, which is contrary to expectations. Given the importance of hyporheic exchange to stream function, further study is warranted to better understand the effects of urbanization.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hester, Erich T. (committeechair), Scott, Durelle T. (committee member), Moglen, Glenn E. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: sediment; hydraulic conductivity; hyporheic; stream; urbanization
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Cranmer, E. N. (2011). Effect of Urbanization on the Hyporheic Zone: Lessons from the Virginia Piedmont. (Masters Thesis). Virginia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43872
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Cranmer, Elizabeth Nadine. “Effect of Urbanization on the Hyporheic Zone: Lessons from the Virginia Piedmont.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Virginia Tech. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43872.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cranmer, Elizabeth Nadine. “Effect of Urbanization on the Hyporheic Zone: Lessons from the Virginia Piedmont.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Cranmer EN. Effect of Urbanization on the Hyporheic Zone: Lessons from the Virginia Piedmont. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43872.
Council of Science Editors:
Cranmer EN. Effect of Urbanization on the Hyporheic Zone: Lessons from the Virginia Piedmont. [Masters Thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43872

University of Georgia
16.
Coleman, Kelli Elizabeth.
Soil morphology, seasonal saturation, and hydrology of mafic landscapes in the Piedmont of Georgia.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/24583
► Whereas most soils in the Piedmont of Georgia have formed from saprolite from felsic gneiss or schist, approximately 10% of the soils have formed from…
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▼ Whereas most soils in the Piedmont of Georgia have formed from saprolite from felsic gneiss or schist, approximately 10% of the soils have formed from saprolite of mafic/ultramafic rocks. Soils developed from these two contrasting parent
materials have differing physical and chemical characteristics, thus making the spatial distribution of these soil types a critical factor when examining the interaction between soil and water. The study site had loamy colluvial upper soil horizons
overlying residual soil horizons developed from chlorite schist. The objectives were: 1) evaluate depth and distribution of colluvial parent material over the site, and to evaluate the effect of the lithologic discontinuity on seasonal water tables; and
2) relate frequency and duration of saturation and reduction to redoximorphic features in mafic soils in Georgia. This study found that unique soil characteristics have a definite effect on the movement of water on the site. Landscape attributes and soil
characteristics strongly affect the frequency and duration of saturation, and the type and abundance of redoximorphic features in mafic soils of Georgia.
Subjects/Keywords: Redox potential; EH; Mafic; Hydraulic Conductivity; Ks
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Coleman, Kelli Elizabeth. “Soil morphology, seasonal saturation, and hydrology of mafic landscapes in the Piedmont of Georgia.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/24583.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Coleman, Kelli Elizabeth. “Soil morphology, seasonal saturation, and hydrology of mafic landscapes in the Piedmont of Georgia.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Coleman KE. Soil morphology, seasonal saturation, and hydrology of mafic landscapes in the Piedmont of Georgia. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/24583.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Coleman KE. Soil morphology, seasonal saturation, and hydrology of mafic landscapes in the Piedmont of Georgia. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/24583
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Texas – Austin
17.
Blake, Calvin.
Centrifuge measurement of two-phase transient flow in rigid porous media.
Degree: MSin Engineering, Civil engineering, 2016, University of Texas – Austin
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41609
► Gravity driven multi-phase flow in porous media is an important mode of fluid transport in several geologic settings. Some applications where gravity drainage may play…
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▼ Gravity driven multi-phase flow in porous media is an important mode of fluid transport in several geologic settings. Some applications where gravity drainage may play an important role in the movement of a fluid can include primary oil recovery from a petroleum reservoir or water flow into the ground surface. Because of the similarities between a single-gravity environment and a centrifugal environment, measurements of two-phase flow are often conducted in the centrifuge to observe the behavior of the whole system under gravity-like conditions while reducing the time of measurement.
In this study, measurements of transient fluid outflow from sandstone cores were conducted in the centrifuge using air as the invading phase. The draining phase in these experiments comprised three different brines and a light mineral oil.
Hydraulic conductivity functions and capillary pressure curves were determined from this data using a numerical history matching technique, and the results were compared with two prevailing analytical models. The results of this study corroborate previous findings that a full numerical history match can easily predict more realistic
hydraulic conductivity functions than the prevailing analytical models.
Advisors/Committee Members: Zornberg, Jorge G. (advisor), Mohanty, Kishore K (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Centrifuge; Permeability; Transient flow; Hydraulic conductivity
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Blake, C. (2016). Centrifuge measurement of two-phase transient flow in rigid porous media. (Masters Thesis). University of Texas – Austin. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41609
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Blake, Calvin. “Centrifuge measurement of two-phase transient flow in rigid porous media.” 2016. Masters Thesis, University of Texas – Austin. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41609.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Blake, Calvin. “Centrifuge measurement of two-phase transient flow in rigid porous media.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Blake C. Centrifuge measurement of two-phase transient flow in rigid porous media. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41609.
Council of Science Editors:
Blake C. Centrifuge measurement of two-phase transient flow in rigid porous media. [Masters Thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41609

University of Texas – Austin
18.
Schulz, Eric Clinton.
Conductivity of proppant mixtures.
Degree: MSin Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, 2014, University of Texas – Austin
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26439
► Hydraulic fracturing is a physically complex phenomenon, and there are many variables, both environmental and operational, that affect the overall success of a fracture treatment.…
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▼ Hydraulic fracturing is a physically complex phenomenon, and there are many variables, both environmental and operational, that affect the overall success of a fracture treatment. Amongst the operational variables, the process of proppant selection is key to ensuring that the induced fractures remain open and permeable. A variety of physical mechanisms act to degrade the permeability of a given proppant packing after deposition in a fracture, the most important of which is the magnitude of the confining stress. The goal of this work is to understand how mixtures of unlike proppants behave under various stress conditions. Specifically, the permeability and
conductivity of various mixtures of unlike proppants are measured as a function of confining stress. A secondary investigation is also made into the dependence of permeability on the areal concentration of proppant. Choices of proppants are restricted to those which are currently most common in industry, in terms of both material and size. To that end, mixtures consisted of primarily ceramics and sands with appropriate grain size distributions. Additionally, a light-weight plastic proppant was included in the study. Simple laboratory methods are employed to measure the permeability of the various proppant packings. Values obtained from direct experimentation are compared with values obtained from an independent analytical model. Given the assumptions which are inherent in the analytical model, the experimental and analytical results are in satisfactory agreement. Also, a correlation is developed for single proppants and binary mixtures which predicts permeability as a function of stress, grain size, material, and weight fraction. One key conclusion is that for a binary mixture of proppants, the mixture permeability will not generally be a weighted linear combination of the pure proppant permeabilities. In other words, the permeability of a mixture comprised of 50% (by weight) of one component and 50% of the second component will generally not be halfway between the permeabilities of the single components. A hypothesis is presented which posits that there are threshold weight fractions for each proppant pair that control the permeability of the mixture.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mohanty, Kishore Kumar (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Hydraulic fracturing; Proppant mixtures; Conductivity testing; Correlation
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Schulz, E. C. (2014). Conductivity of proppant mixtures. (Masters Thesis). University of Texas – Austin. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26439
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schulz, Eric Clinton. “Conductivity of proppant mixtures.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Texas – Austin. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26439.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schulz, Eric Clinton. “Conductivity of proppant mixtures.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Schulz EC. Conductivity of proppant mixtures. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26439.
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Schulz EC. Conductivity of proppant mixtures. [Masters Thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26439

National University of Ireland – Galway
19.
O'Connell, Yvonne.
Hydrogeophysics of coastal aquifers - geophysical applications to the assessment of groundwater properties in coastal gravel and karst aquifers
.
Degree: 2017, National University of Ireland – Galway
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6528
► Airborne, terrestrial and marine geophysics have been employed to examine coastal zone hydrogeology in two very different aquifer types in Ireland. Modelling of regional airborne…
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▼ Airborne, terrestrial and marine geophysics have been employed to examine coastal zone hydrogeology in two very different aquifer types in Ireland. Modelling of regional airborne electromagnetic data informed by ground-based ERT allowed the determination of the aquifer electrical resistivity/
conductivity distribution within a locally important coastal sand and gravel aquifer on the east coast. The effective electrical
conductivity as a function of porosity for the groundwater body was estimated with salinity and clay mass fraction constraints from supplementary drilling. The
hydraulic conductivity depth function was estimated after calibration with a
hydraulic conductivity measurement in the field allowing a determination of lateral variations in groundwater
hydraulic conductivity across the sand and gravel aquifer, showing potential for upscaling to catchment scale water resource management. On the west coast of Ireland, groundwater movement in two catchments of a regionally important coastal karst aquifer was examined with terrestrial and marine geophysics. This hydrogeophysical examination confirmed the extension of faulting offshore and groundwater egress/saltwater ingress along fault. The examination of subterranean conduit and epikarstic flow paths and intertidal and submarine groundwater discharge provided new evidence for previously predicted terrestrial and submarine pathways confirming the existence of active SGD. Discrete conduit network modelling, informed by the terrestrial geophysics coupled with ancillary hydrogeological observations characterised the hydrogeology of one of the catchments by determining flow pathways and their likely
hydraulic mechanisms indicating a complex conduit network of constrictions and bypass channels with multiple inlets and outlets. This work augments our understanding of groundwater movement in the coastal zone for the management of coastal aquifer systems and provides transferrable practices to assist in catchment-scale assessments of coastal aquifers.
Advisors/Committee Members: Daly, Eve (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Hydrogeophysics;
Aquifer porosity;
Electrical conductivity;
Hydraulic conductivity;
Submarine groundwater discharge
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. (Thesis). National University of Ireland – Galway. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6528
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O'Connell, Yvonne. “Hydrogeophysics of coastal aquifers - geophysical applications to the assessment of groundwater properties in coastal gravel and karst aquifers
.” 2017. Thesis, National University of Ireland – Galway. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6528.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
O'Connell, Yvonne. “Hydrogeophysics of coastal aquifers - geophysical applications to the assessment of groundwater properties in coastal gravel and karst aquifers
.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
O'Connell Y. Hydrogeophysics of coastal aquifers - geophysical applications to the assessment of groundwater properties in coastal gravel and karst aquifers
. [Internet] [Thesis]. National University of Ireland – Galway; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6528.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
O'Connell Y. Hydrogeophysics of coastal aquifers - geophysical applications to the assessment of groundwater properties in coastal gravel and karst aquifers
. [Thesis]. National University of Ireland – Galway; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6528
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
20.
Ozotta, Ogochukwu.
Using Thermal Imaging To Characterize Groundwater Seepage In A North Dakota Fen.
Degree: MS, Geological Engineering, 2018, University of North Dakota
URL: https://commons.und.edu/theses/2424
► Groundwater flow and its dissolved mineral transport plays a fundamental role in the ecology of many wetlands. Installation of equipment to map groundwater seepage,…
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▼ Groundwater flow and its dissolved mineral transport plays a fundamental role in the ecology of many wetlands. Installation of equipment to map groundwater seepage, however, is invasive and may damage vegetation and potentially affect biodiversity. By mapping surface temperature remotely in the late summer, when the differential between warm soil and cold groundwater is the greatest, the temperature patterns may reveal areas of greatest upward gradient and flow.
To test the hypothesis, the effect that
hydraulic gradient has on surface temperature in a fen located at the north end of the Cherry Lake Aquifer, Eddy County, ND (47.73, -98.66) was monitored and measured. Thermal imaging was used to characterize groundwater seepage, the results were compared to conventional method of installing shallow ceramic cup tensiometers to measure
hydraulic gradient, and estimate flux using Darcy’s law. Shallow temperature loggers were installed to characterize soil temperature at the same sites. The approach was applied at contrasting two locations: a sedge-cattail covered site (Sedge) and a nearby site with cordgrass and closed-canopy shrubs and trees (Willow).
Both sites showed variable
hydraulic gradients between the shallow and deep tensiometer, perhaps related to variation in transpiration. The temperature trend determined from the thermal imaging showed a closer relationship to
hydraulic gradients measured at the Sedge site more than at the Willow site. The
hydraulic conductivity, K ranged from 6 × 10-6 to 2 × 10-4 m/s for both sites, which falls within values typical for fen sediments. The flux calculated for the Willow site ranged from 1.4 × 10-5 to 1.1 × 10-4 m/s and that of the Sedge site ranged from 4.5 × 10-6 to 1.1 × 10-5 m/s. Willow site thermal imaging did not show similar trend with the
hydraulic gradient, suggesting tree cover can affect thermal signature at the surface. Temperature profile observations from the thermal aerial imagery and the FLIR C2 camera showed a similar trend.
Both forward and inverse modeling of temperature profiles, which is based on a one-dimensional solution to the advection-conduction equation (Kurylyk et al. 2017), were used to more thoroughly characterize the shallow variation of flux compared to thermal imaging, coupled with additional field data on temperature distribution, thermal
conductivity, depth, and layer thickness. Accounting for soil layer properties plays a role in characterizing groundwater seepage direction and rate.
The gradients are affected at some depth because of the varying soil stratigraphy, which explains the reason why the seepage faces cannot be mapped completely using thermal imaging at these sites.
Advisors/Committee Members: Philip J. Gerla.
Subjects/Keywords: Fen; Groundwater-surface water; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic gradient; Seepage; Thermal imaging
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Ozotta, O. (2018). Using Thermal Imaging To Characterize Groundwater Seepage In A North Dakota Fen. (Masters Thesis). University of North Dakota. Retrieved from https://commons.und.edu/theses/2424
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ozotta, Ogochukwu. “Using Thermal Imaging To Characterize Groundwater Seepage In A North Dakota Fen.” 2018. Masters Thesis, University of North Dakota. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/2424.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ozotta, Ogochukwu. “Using Thermal Imaging To Characterize Groundwater Seepage In A North Dakota Fen.” 2018. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ozotta O. Using Thermal Imaging To Characterize Groundwater Seepage In A North Dakota Fen. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of North Dakota; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://commons.und.edu/theses/2424.
Council of Science Editors:
Ozotta O. Using Thermal Imaging To Characterize Groundwater Seepage In A North Dakota Fen. [Masters Thesis]. University of North Dakota; 2018. Available from: https://commons.und.edu/theses/2424

Colorado School of Mines
21.
Al-Sadhan, Nayef.
Prediction of short-term and long-term baseline conductivity degradation for proppants of different types and sizes.
Degree: PhD, Petroleum Engineering, 2014, Colorado School of Mines
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11124/17006
► Hydraulic fracturing is the most critical well stimulation technique used to increase well productivity. A successful hydraulic stimulation requires a fracture that is more conductive…
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▼ Hydraulic fracturing is the most critical well stimulation technique used to increase well productivity. A successful
hydraulic stimulation requires a fracture that is more conductive than the surrounding formation. This
conductivity is achieved by adding proppants to the fracturing fluids to keep the walls of the fracture propped open. Many resources have been allocated to improve
hydraulic fracturing products, especially proppants since they play an integral role in the fracture's
conductivity. One of these improvements is the ability to predict the expected conductivities over time of proppants of varying types and sizes. However, there are no publicly published
conductivity equations that can produce such predictions considering multiple variables. Actual proppant
conductivity test results, which were conducted for fifty hours, provided by Stim-Lab, Inc. (Duncan, OK) were used to develop short-term (zero to fifty hours) and long-term (beyond fifty hours) baseline proppant
conductivity equations for sand, ceramic, resin coated sand, and resin coated ceramic proppants of varying sizes. Multiple regression analysis was performed on all provided data to develop these equations taking into account the effects of proppant concentration, temperature, closure stress, time, proppant median diameter, and proppant grain density. Statistically, the developed short-term equations were accurate with a multiple coefficient of determination (R2) in the 90% range, which indicated that the developed equations results strongly resemble actual
conductivity values. These equations were also validated by performing a comparison between the predicted
conductivity values produced by the short-term baseline
conductivity equations and the available actual
conductivity test results. Since Stim-Lab, Inc. did not conduct any long-term
conductivity tests (weeks, months, and years), the validity of the long-term equations was established using two methods: Graphically, by comparing the shape of the curve of an actual nine-month test to a predicted long-term
conductivity curve. Mathematically, by comparing the
conductivity decline rates using the Kozeny-Carman equation to the decline rates developed for the long-term equations. These developed baseline
conductivity equations will help identify the proppant type and size to use, based on the appropriate reservoir conditions, to attain optimum
conductivity and therefore optimize the
hydraulic fracture process and avoid investing in more expensive proppants with higher qualities that would add no value to a well's productivity.
Advisors/Committee Members: Miskimins, Jennifer L. (advisor), Dahl, Carol A. (Carol Ann), 1947- (committee member), Amery, Hussein A., 1958- (committee member), Conway, Michael W. (committee member), Pence, Norman E. (committee member), Graves, Ramona M. (committee member), Yin, Xiaolong (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: long-term conductivity; stimulation; short-term conductivity; proppant; hydraulic fracturing; conductivity; Hydraulic fracturing; Equations; Permeability; Particles – Testing; Multiphase flow; Regression analysis
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Al-Sadhan, Nayef. “Prediction of short-term and long-term baseline conductivity degradation for proppants of different types and sizes.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Colorado School of Mines. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11124/17006.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Al-Sadhan, Nayef. “Prediction of short-term and long-term baseline conductivity degradation for proppants of different types and sizes.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Al-Sadhan N. Prediction of short-term and long-term baseline conductivity degradation for proppants of different types and sizes. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Colorado School of Mines; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11124/17006.
Council of Science Editors:
Al-Sadhan N. Prediction of short-term and long-term baseline conductivity degradation for proppants of different types and sizes. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Colorado School of Mines; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11124/17006
22.
Zapata Coacalla, Tania.
Estimativa de propriedades hidráulicas de solos a partir do ensaio de ascensão capilar.
Degree: Mestrado, Geotecnia, 2012, University of São Paulo
URL: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-08112012-113750/
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► O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o potencial do ensaio de ascensão capilar e de uma técnica de otimização de parâmetros para estimar os…
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▼ O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o potencial do ensaio de ascensão capilar e de uma técnica de otimização de parâmetros para estimar os parâmetros hidráulicos dos solos. O ensaio de ascensão capilar é de execução simples e rápida e reflete um fenômeno condicionado pelas propriedades hidráulicas do solo. Na representação matemática da ascensão capilar, utilizou-se o modelo de Terzaghi (1943) que considerou tratar-se de uma condição de fluxo governada pela condutividade hidráulica saturada (ks), e o modelo de Lu & Likos (2004b), que utilizaram a equação de Gardner (1958) para representar a função condutividade hidráulica, considerando que o fluxo se dá em meio não saturado. O processo de otimização utilizou a rotina SOLVER componente do programa EXCEL, e foi testado utilizando-se os dados experimentais de Lane & Washburn (1946) e de Zhang & Fredlund (2009). Em seguida, resultados de ascensão capilar de oito amostras de solos típicos do Estado do São Paulo, Brasil, foram modelados com os parâmetros derivados da técnica. Observou-se que tanto o modelo de Terzaghi (1943) quanto o de Lu & Likos (2004b) conseguiram reproduzir os resultados experimentais de ascensão capilar, com melhores resultados associados ao modelo de Lu & Likos (2004b) para a maior parte dos solos analisados. A previsão da condutividade hidráulica saturada, de forma geral, diferiu menos de uma ordem de grandeza dos valores medidos experimentalmente, embora maiores discrepâncias tenham sido notadas para determinados tipos de solos. O parâmetro de Gardner da função condutividade hidráulica resultou em valores da mesma ordem de grandeza dos valores reportados na literatura para solos similares. Os resultados sobre a aplicação do ensaio de ascensão capilar e da técnica de otimização mostraram-se promissores para a determinação de parâmetros hidráulicos dos solos analisados, com a vantagem de ter-se um procedimento simples e rápido para a finalidade descrita.
This study evaluates the potential of capillary rise test and a parameter optimization technique to estimate soil hydraulic parameters. The capillary rise is a simple and expedite test that is conditioned by soil hydraulic properties. In the mathematical representation of the capillary rise we used the model of Terzaghi (1943), who considered that saturated hydraulic conductivity commands the phenomeno and the model of Lu & Likos (2004b) who used the Gardner equation (1958) to represent the hydraulic conductivity function, considering that the flow takes place in a non-saturated condition. The optimization process used the SOLVER routine, component of the EXCEL program, that was firstly tested using experimental data of Lane & Washburn (1946) and Zhang & Fredlund (2009). Then, results of capillary rise of eight samples of typical soils of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, were modeled with the parameters derived from the technique. It was observed that both the Terzaghi (1943) and Lu & Likos (2004b) models were able to reproduce the experimental results of capillarity, although the best…
Advisors/Committee Members: Vilar, Orencio Monje.
Subjects/Keywords: Ascensão capilar; Capillary rise; Condutividade hidráulica saturada; Função condutividade hidráulica; Hydraulic conductivity function; Optimization; Otimização; Saturated hydraulic conductivity
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zapata Coacalla, Tania. “Estimativa de propriedades hidráulicas de solos a partir do ensaio de ascensão capilar.” 2012. Masters Thesis, University of São Paulo. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-08112012-113750/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zapata Coacalla, Tania. “Estimativa de propriedades hidráulicas de solos a partir do ensaio de ascensão capilar.” 2012. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Zapata Coacalla T. Estimativa de propriedades hidráulicas de solos a partir do ensaio de ascensão capilar. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2012. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-08112012-113750/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Zapata Coacalla T. Estimativa de propriedades hidráulicas de solos a partir do ensaio de ascensão capilar. [Masters Thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2012. Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-08112012-113750/ ;

University of Arizona
23.
Wang, Yu-Li Eric.
Characterizing Subsurface Hydraulic Characteristics at Zhuoshui River Alluvial Fan, Taiwan
.
Degree: 2016, University of Arizona
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623152
► The objective of this study is to estimate 2-D spatial distribution of hydraulic conductivity (Ks) of Zhuoshui River alluvial fan, Taiwan, using groundwater level data…
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▼ The objective of this study is to estimate 2-D spatial distribution of
hydraulic conductivity (Ks) of Zhuoshui River alluvial fan, Taiwan, using groundwater level data from 88 wells and stream stage data from 4 gauging stations. In order to accomplish this analysis, wavelet analysis is first carried out to investigate the periodic cycles of groundwater level, precipitation, and stream stage. The results of the analysis show that variations of groundwater level and stream stage are highly correlated in terms of seasonal and annual periods. Subsequently, seasonal variations of groundwater level in response to stream stage variation are utilized to estimate the Ks spatial distribution by spatiotemporal cross correlation analysis, cokriging, and river stage tomography. Prior to applications of these methods to the alluvial fan, performances of each approach are evaluated and compared with reference field of a noise free synthetic experiment. It is found that all of the approaches could yield similar general spatial pattern of Ks. Nevertheless, river stage tomography seems to reveal a higher resolution of spatial Ks distribution. When the geologic zones are provided in river stage tomography analysis as prior information, the accuracy of estimated Ks values improves. Finally, results of the applications to data of the alluvial fan reveal that the apex and southeast of the alluvial fan are regions with relative high Ks and the Ks values gradually decrease toward the shoreline of the fan. These two areas are considered as the possible main recharge regions of the aquifer. It is also observed that Ks at northern alluvial fan is slightly larger than that at southern. These findings seem consistent with the geologic evolution of this alluvial fan.
Advisors/Committee Members: Yeh, Tian-Chyi Jim (advisor), Yeh, Tian-Chyi Jim (committeemember), Meixner, Thomas (committeemember), Zha, Yuanyuan (committeemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Hydraulic Conductivity (Ks);
Hydraulic Tomography (HT);
River Stage Tomography;
Subsurface Heterogeneity;
Groundwater
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Wang, Y. E. (2016). Characterizing Subsurface Hydraulic Characteristics at Zhuoshui River Alluvial Fan, Taiwan
. (Masters Thesis). University of Arizona. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623152
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wang, Yu-Li Eric. “Characterizing Subsurface Hydraulic Characteristics at Zhuoshui River Alluvial Fan, Taiwan
.” 2016. Masters Thesis, University of Arizona. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623152.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wang, Yu-Li Eric. “Characterizing Subsurface Hydraulic Characteristics at Zhuoshui River Alluvial Fan, Taiwan
.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wang YE. Characterizing Subsurface Hydraulic Characteristics at Zhuoshui River Alluvial Fan, Taiwan
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Arizona; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623152.
Council of Science Editors:
Wang YE. Characterizing Subsurface Hydraulic Characteristics at Zhuoshui River Alluvial Fan, Taiwan
. [Masters Thesis]. University of Arizona; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623152

Universiteit Utrecht
24.
Hoorn, K. van der.
The Marcellus Disappearing Lake: Contribution of surface runoff to two flooding events in 2010.
Degree: 2011, Universiteit Utrecht
URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/203079
► The karst-related flooding of a valley called Disappearing Lake in New York State, USA has posed a threat to the valley's inhabitants and their properties.…
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▼ The karst-related flooding of a valley called Disappearing Lake in New York State, USA has posed a threat to the valley's inhabitants and their properties. Though previous studies have focused on this phenomenon, mechanisms behind the flooding are unknown. Theories have been posted that surface water runoff in combination with other quickflow components and groundwater upwelling contribute to the floods. The fact that floods occur in winter and spring suggests a relation with snowmelt. For this research, a rainfall-runoff model that handles interception, infiltration and depression storage is constructed to quantify the surface runoff component. Two flooding events in January and March 2010 are simulated assuming impermeable conditions for the floodplain, swamps and urban areas. Resulting cumulative runoff volumes show that only 5% of the flood can be contributed to surface runoff. When the floodplain and swamps areas are modelled as unsaturated, the contribution drops below 1%, meaning that the majority of the surface runoff is saturated overland flow. These relatively small runoff contributions could be attributed to high measured values for the saturated
hydraulic conductivity. These high values explain the insensitivity of the model to changes in infiltration related parameters. The flooding of the Disappearing Lake does not appear to be surface runoff driven. Other sources of water play a more important role in this phenomenon. Though a high water table appears to be a criterion for floods to occur, further research is necessary to determine the role of groundwater upwelling or other quickflow processes.
Advisors/Committee Members: Perk, Dr. M van der.
Subjects/Keywords: Geowetenschappen; karst; flooding; hydraulic conductivity; runoff; infiltration; modelling
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Hoorn, K. v. d. (2011). The Marcellus Disappearing Lake: Contribution of surface runoff to two flooding events in 2010. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/203079
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hoorn, K van der. “The Marcellus Disappearing Lake: Contribution of surface runoff to two flooding events in 2010.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/203079.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hoorn, K van der. “The Marcellus Disappearing Lake: Contribution of surface runoff to two flooding events in 2010.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Hoorn Kvd. The Marcellus Disappearing Lake: Contribution of surface runoff to two flooding events in 2010. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/203079.
Council of Science Editors:
Hoorn Kvd. The Marcellus Disappearing Lake: Contribution of surface runoff to two flooding events in 2010. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2011. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/203079
25.
Jauhiainen, Mikko.
Relationships of Particle Size Distribution Curve, Soil Water Retention Curve and Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Their Implications on Water Balance of Forested and Agricultural Hillslopes.
Degree: 2004, Helsinki University of Technology
URL: http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2004/isbn9512271958/
► The primary objectives of this study were to determine selected soil water retention curves for Finnish forest sites and to develop a methodology that predicts…
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▼ The primary objectives of this study were to determine selected soil water retention curves for Finnish forest sites and to develop a methodology that predicts the water retention curve and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from the particle size distribution curve. The method was obtained by modifying Andersson's method. Selected soil water retention curves were determined for four Finnish forest site types. Parameters of 360 soil samples were estimated. The samples were collected from 90 forest soil profiles. In each profile four podzol horizons were selected for sampling. The parameters are usable for water balance calculations of various scales. The study includes results of numerous water retention characteristics and hydraulic conductivity predictions from the particle size distribution curve. These predictions were accomplished for both forested and agricultural soils. Predicting water retention characteristics from particle size distribution curve could be accomplished at a reasonable level of accuracy when the semi-physical and van Genuchten's methods were used. Predicting the water retention characteristics using Jonasson's method was successful when clay content of soil was less than 25 percent. Implications of soil hydraulic properties on water balance of forested and agricultural hillslopes showed reasonable agreement with the measured values. The best overall fit between measured and calculated values was obtained in the case that water retention curve was estimated from particle size distribution curve and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity using Andersson's method.
Helsinki University of Technology Water Resources publications, ISSN 1456-2596; 12
Advisors/Committee Members: Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Water Resources.
Subjects/Keywords: hydrology; soil water flow; water retention; hydraulic conductivity
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jauhiainen, Mikko. “Relationships of Particle Size Distribution Curve, Soil Water Retention Curve and Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Their Implications on Water Balance of Forested and Agricultural Hillslopes.” 2004. Thesis, Helsinki University of Technology. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2004/isbn9512271958/.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jauhiainen, Mikko. “Relationships of Particle Size Distribution Curve, Soil Water Retention Curve and Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Their Implications on Water Balance of Forested and Agricultural Hillslopes.” 2004. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Jauhiainen M. Relationships of Particle Size Distribution Curve, Soil Water Retention Curve and Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Their Implications on Water Balance of Forested and Agricultural Hillslopes. [Internet] [Thesis]. Helsinki University of Technology; 2004. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2004/isbn9512271958/.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Jauhiainen M. Relationships of Particle Size Distribution Curve, Soil Water Retention Curve and Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Their Implications on Water Balance of Forested and Agricultural Hillslopes. [Thesis]. Helsinki University of Technology; 2004. Available from: http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2004/isbn9512271958/
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Cañabi Quispe, Luis Miguel.
Consolidação de um rejeito de mineração de areia e modelação do enchimento de um reservatório para sua disposição.
Degree: Mestrado, Geotecnia, 2011, University of São Paulo
URL: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-06122011-113547/
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► Rejeitos de mineração com muita freqüência são dispostos na forma de lama. A capacidade de estocagem das lagoas onde são depositados depende de suas dimensões…
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▼ Rejeitos de mineração com muita freqüência são dispostos na forma de lama. A capacidade de estocagem das lagoas onde são depositados depende de suas dimensões e formas de operação, mas também das características físicas, compressibilidade e condutividade hidráulica da lama. No presente trabalho estudam-se as características de consolidação de uma lama argilosa resultante da mineração de areia, por meio do ensaio de consolidação hidráulica (HCT) e modela-se o enchimento de uma lagoa de disposição desse rejeito, empregando a teoria de grandes deformações e mediante o software CONDES. Realizaram-se ensaios de caracterização e HCT com amostras coletadas das lagoas 2, 11 e vertedouro da Mineração Jundu Ltda. em Descalvado, São Paulo. Estes parâmetros foram necessários para as análises de simulação numérica do processo de enchimento da Lagoa 11. Os resultados dos ensaios HCT mostraram um conjunto consistente de propriedades constitutivas do material, também se verificou a importância de alcançar a condição estável nas leituras da diferença de pressão entre o topo e a base do corpo de prova, assim obter uma menor variabilidade dos resultados. A simulação de enchimento se mostrou consistente, onde se obteve a evolução do processo de consolidação em diferentes etapas do lançamento da lama. Observou-se uma concordância dos resultados obtidos na simulação de enchimento. Segundo as análises observou-se que a altura dos rejeitos após um período de dois anos é da ordem de 1.57 m.
Mining waste is frequently disposed of in the form of mud. The storage capacity of a collection reservoir of mining waste depends on its dimensions and on its operational processes, which are based on the physical characteristics of the mud and its compressibility and hydraulic conductivity. This research focuses on the study of the consolidation characteristics of a clayey mud resultant from the process of sand mining. Such characteristics were studied through Hydraulic Consolidation Tests (HCT) and by modeling the waste reservoir filling process using large deformation theory and the CONDES software. Characterization and hydraulic consolidation tests were performed on samples obtained from Reservoirs 2 and 11 and from the Jundu Mine spillway at Descalvado City in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The characterization parameters obtained were employed in performing numerical analysis of the filling process of waste reservoir 11. HCT test results show the acceptable set of constitutive properties of the analyzed material. During the testing procedures, variability of test results were minimized by obtaining stabilized pressure difference readings between the top and bottom leads of the specimen. Modeling was conducted for instantaneous and progressive filling and both methods yielded the same results. It was observed a predictable parity between the results obtained from instantaneous and progressive filling simulations. The final height after consolidation was measured at approximately two years for both instantaneous and progressive methods of filling.…
Advisors/Committee Members: Esquivel, Edmundo Rogerio.
Subjects/Keywords: Compressibilidade; Compressibility; Condutividade hidráulica; Consolidação; Consolidation; HCT; HCT; Hydraulic conductivity
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Cañabi Quispe, Luis Miguel. “Consolidação de um rejeito de mineração de areia e modelação do enchimento de um reservatório para sua disposição.” 2011. Masters Thesis, University of São Paulo. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-06122011-113547/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cañabi Quispe, Luis Miguel. “Consolidação de um rejeito de mineração de areia e modelação do enchimento de um reservatório para sua disposição.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Cañabi Quispe LM. Consolidação de um rejeito de mineração de areia e modelação do enchimento de um reservatório para sua disposição. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-06122011-113547/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Cañabi Quispe LM. Consolidação de um rejeito de mineração de areia e modelação do enchimento de um reservatório para sua disposição. [Masters Thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2011. Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-06122011-113547/ ;
27.
Sousa, Helon Hébano de Freítas.
Fluxo preferencial de água no solo pela aplicação da equação de Darcy-Buckingham e do método do balanço de água no solo.
Degree: PhD, Solos e Nutrição de Plantas, 2014, University of São Paulo
URL: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11140/tde-12082014-144858/
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► O conhecimento dos processos que envolvem o movimento da água no solo e de fundamental importância para o manejo e a conservação do solo e…
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▼ O conhecimento dos processos que envolvem o movimento da água no solo e de fundamental importância para o manejo e a conservação do solo e da água. Ha situações em que, durante um evento de chuva intensa, a água se move mais rapidamente no perfil através de canais, sem que haja interação com a matriz do solo; esse movimento e chamado de fluxo preferencial. Atualmente e aceita em estudos de campo a existência deste fluxo preferencial em uma ampla variedade de solos. No entanto, muitos métodos utilizados para determiná-lo diretamente alteram o fluxo da água através da matriz do solo, processo de drenagem de relevância indiscutível nos solos. Em trabalho recente realizado no Japão, esse problema foi superado com sucesso pela aplicação concomitante, durante e um pouco após os eventos de chuva, da equação de Darcy-Buckingham e do método do balanço de água no solo: a equação de Darcy-Buckingham infere sobre a presença de fluxo preferencial da água, definido, nessa abordagem, como o resíduo da equação do balanço de água no solo durante os eventos de chuva. Este método apresenta, portanto, a grande vantagem de tornar possível a determinação experimental do fluxo preferencial a uma dada profundidade do solo, em condições de campo, sem interromper significativamente o fluxo mátrico de água. O objetivo deste trabalho foi a determinação e caracterização do fluxo preferencial da água nas profundidades correspondentes aos horizontes B textural e B latossólico de um Nitossolo Vermelho eutrófico em condições de campo, aplicando a equação de Darcy-Buckingham e o método do balanço de água no solo, durante e um pouco após os eventos de chuva. Devido ao baixo volume de chuva durante a última estação chuvosa, em apenas duas situações foi possível reconhecer uma alteração significativa na umidade do solo em profundidades superiores a 0,5m e nas duas situações foi verificada fluxo preferencial no horizonte Bt, não foi verificado fluxo preferencial no horizonte Bw durante os eventos chuvosos avaliados. A metodologia utilizada foi eficiente na observação de fluxos de água no solo que não são influenciados pela matriz.
The understanding of the processes involving soil water movement is essential to soil and water management and conservation. There are situations in which the water moves faster in the soil profile through channels, during an event of intense rain, without interacting with soil matrix; this movement is known as preferential flow. Currently, it is accepted in field studies the existence of preferential flow in a wide range of soils. Nevertheless, many methods used to directly determine it change the water flow through the soil matrix, a drainage process of unquestionable relevance in soils. In a recent study carried out in Japan, this problem has been successfully overcome by simultaneously applying Darcy-Buckingham\'s equation and the soil water balance method during and shortly after rain events; the Darcy-Buckingham\'s equation infers on the presence of preferential water flow, defined in this approach as the residue of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Libardi, Paulo Leonel.
Subjects/Keywords: Condutividade hidráulica; FDR; Fluxo mátrico; hydraulic conductivity; Matric flow; Nitosol; Nitossolo
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sousa, Helon Hébano de Freítas. “Fluxo preferencial de água no solo pela aplicação da equação de Darcy-Buckingham e do método do balanço de água no solo.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of São Paulo. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11140/tde-12082014-144858/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sousa, Helon Hébano de Freítas. “Fluxo preferencial de água no solo pela aplicação da equação de Darcy-Buckingham e do método do balanço de água no solo.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Sousa HHdF. Fluxo preferencial de água no solo pela aplicação da equação de Darcy-Buckingham e do método do balanço de água no solo. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of São Paulo; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11140/tde-12082014-144858/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Sousa HHdF. Fluxo preferencial de água no solo pela aplicação da equação de Darcy-Buckingham e do método do balanço de água no solo. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of São Paulo; 2014. Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11140/tde-12082014-144858/ ;

Dalhousie University
28.
Jolous Jamshidi, Reza.
EVALUATION OF CEMENT-TREATED SOILS SUBJECTED TO CYCLES OF
FREEZING AND THAWING.
Degree: PhD, Department of Civil Engineering, 2014, Dalhousie University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54065
► An extensive experimental study was performed to provide an insight on design and evaluation of cement-treated materials subjected to freeze/thaw (f/t) cycles. Poorly designed stabilized…
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▼ An extensive experimental study was performed to
provide an insight on design and evaluation of cement-treated
materials subjected to freeze/thaw (f/t) cycles. Poorly designed
stabilized materials showed increases of up to three orders of
magnitude in
hydraulic conductivity and decreases of up to 95
percent in unconfined compressive strength values. Decrease in
water to cement ratio was shown to partially improve f/t resistance
for some of the scenarios investigated. A factorial experiment was
designed to investigate the influence of curing time (immature vs.
mature), freezing temperature (-2C vs -10C), and number of f/t
cycles (4 vs. 12) during laboratory evaluation of a cement-treated
silty sand. Results showed all the factors were significant in the
observed changes in mechanical and
hydraulic performance of the
specimens. Observations emphasized the need for developing
site-specific exposure scenarios in assessment of soil-cement under
f/t exposure. An investigation on the influence of freezing
dimensionality also showed a more practical three-dimensional f/t
exposure can adequately represent a realistic one-dimensional f/t
exposure scenario in terms of mechanical and
hydraulic performance
degradation. Monitoring percent mass loss (an indicator commonly
used in industry) and compressive strength after f/t exposure under
various scenarios showed they are not reliable indicators for
predicting changes in
hydraulic conductivity values under exposure
to cycles of f/t. Resonant frequency measurements performed using
the impact resonance method was suggested as a non-destructive
technique in evaluation of
hydraulic performance of cement-treated
materials after f/t exposure. Microstructural evaluation of
specimens using transmitted light microscopy showed matrix
disruption and aggregate-paste interface cracking to be the main
damage mechanisms for highly affected specimens. However, this
technique was found unsuitable in detecting early stages of
damage.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Paul Simms (external-examiner), Dr. Hany El Naggar (graduate-coordinator), Dr. Chris Holt (thesis-reader), Dr. Nouman Ali (thesis-reader), Dr. Craig B. Lake (thesis-supervisor), Not Applicable (ethics-approval), Yes (manuscripts), Not Applicable (copyright-release).
Subjects/Keywords: Soil; Stabilization; Hydraulic conductivity; Compressive strength; Resonant frequency; Freeze; Thaw; Cement
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FREEZING AND THAWING. (Doctoral Dissertation). Dalhousie University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54065
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jolous Jamshidi, Reza. “EVALUATION OF CEMENT-TREATED SOILS SUBJECTED TO CYCLES OF
FREEZING AND THAWING.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Dalhousie University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54065.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jolous Jamshidi, Reza. “EVALUATION OF CEMENT-TREATED SOILS SUBJECTED TO CYCLES OF
FREEZING AND THAWING.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Jolous Jamshidi R. EVALUATION OF CEMENT-TREATED SOILS SUBJECTED TO CYCLES OF
FREEZING AND THAWING. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Dalhousie University; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54065.
Council of Science Editors:
Jolous Jamshidi R. EVALUATION OF CEMENT-TREATED SOILS SUBJECTED TO CYCLES OF
FREEZING AND THAWING. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Dalhousie University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54065

University of Alberta
29.
Hebb, Christina C.
Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and
hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil.
Degree: MS, Department of Renewable Resources, 2015, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ctd96k2545
► Surface mining is one of the most significant forms of anthropogenic disturbance to natural and managed ecosystems. In Alberta, mining disturbs large areas in the…
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▼ Surface mining is one of the most significant forms of
anthropogenic disturbance to natural and managed ecosystems. In
Alberta, mining disturbs large areas in the Mixedwood Boreal
natural region and recovery is often slow because of poor soil
quality, specifically the high degree of compaction. Soil
compaction, caused by repeated traffic of heavy machinery during
soil reconstruction of surface mined lands, hinders the
re-establishment of vegetation. Compaction causes changes to soil
physical properties such as increased bulk density and reduced
macroporosity which reduce soil infiltration capacity, drainage and
water holding capacity. The disruption of the soil water balance as
a result of these compaction-induced changes to the soil further
negatively effects the chemical and biological functioning in the
soil because of poor aeration. In compacted forest soils,
subsoiling with heavy-duty rip ploughs has been shown to be an
effective method at ameliorating compaction by breaking up large
compacted layers, into smaller aggregates and peds which
significantly increases macroporosity, infiltration, drainage and
aeration. The main objective of this research is to quantify any
medium-term (~ 4 yrs) benefits of subsoiling with a heavy-duty rip
plough on reconstructed soil at a coal mine. In 2010, an
experimental research site was established at the Genesee Prairie
Mine, 70 km west of Edmonton to investigate the potential for
compaction amelioration using a McNabb winged subsoiler D7R XR to a
60 cm depth. Results showed that medium-term effects of ripping are
variable with depth. Ripping effects on pore size distribution,
saturated hydraulic conductivity, and bulk density were most
pronounced in the 15-20 cm depth. Infiltration rates were increased
by ripping which is expected to reduce hydraulic barriers at the
soil surface. Evidence suggests non-ripped surface layers (5-10 cm
depth) showed improvements in soil properties (bulk density,
saturated hydraulic conductivity) as a result of natural processes
(i.e., plant root expansion and drying-shrinkage). Over time, it
appears that the effects of ripping have decreased, with a
simultaneous improvement in non-ripped soils.
Subjects/Keywords: Subsoiling; Reclamation; Fractal Dimension; Moisture Retention Curve; Hydraulic Conductivity
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APA (6th Edition):
Hebb, C. C. (2015). Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and
hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil. (Masters Thesis). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ctd96k2545
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hebb, Christina C. “Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and
hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil.” 2015. Masters Thesis, University of Alberta. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ctd96k2545.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hebb, Christina C. “Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and
hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Hebb CC. Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and
hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Alberta; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ctd96k2545.
Council of Science Editors:
Hebb CC. Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and
hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil. [Masters Thesis]. University of Alberta; 2015. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ctd96k2545

University of Georgia
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Finch, Shelby Dee.
Biomat effects on wastewater infiltration from onsite system dispersal trenches.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23110
► The objective of this study was to evaluate the reduction in water movement rates associated with biomat formation in common soils in Georgia. Saturated hydraulic…
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▼ The objective of this study was to evaluate the reduction in water movement rates associated with biomat formation in common soils in Georgia. Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) was measured on undisturbed cylindrical (7.6/9 cm diameter
by 7.6/9 cm length) soil cores collected from the bottom and sidewall of mature dispersal fields and from adjacent un-impacted soil of seven sites in the Georgia Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Four sites had 34 to 93% Ks reduction in samples from dispersal
field trenches as compared to natural soil. Lack of Ks reduction was attributed to Ks variability, low Ks, and variability in biomat development because of system design and installation. Model simulations, using Hydrus-2D, indicated that 99.8 % flow
through the trench bottom was 99.8% for the Coastal Plain system and 67.8 % for the Georgia Piedmont. Low sidewall biomat hydraulic resistance increased flow through the biomat-affected sidewall soil and decreased ponding.
Subjects/Keywords: Organic material,onsite wastewater management system; biomat; saturated hydraulic conductivity
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APA (6th Edition):
Finch, S. D. (2014). Biomat effects on wastewater infiltration from onsite system dispersal trenches. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23110
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Finch, Shelby Dee. “Biomat effects on wastewater infiltration from onsite system dispersal trenches.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23110.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Finch, Shelby Dee. “Biomat effects on wastewater infiltration from onsite system dispersal trenches.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Finch SD. Biomat effects on wastewater infiltration from onsite system dispersal trenches. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23110.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Finch SD. Biomat effects on wastewater infiltration from onsite system dispersal trenches. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23110
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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