Research output: Thesis › Master's thesis
Integration of detailed borehole core measurements and pump test data from the aquifers below the Boom Clay in the groundwater flow model. / Bennett, George; Vandersteen, Katrijn (Peer reviewer).
Brussels, Belgium : VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2014. 78 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's thesis
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TY - THES
T1 - Integration of detailed borehole core measurements and pump test data from the aquifers below the Boom Clay in the groundwater flow model
AU - Bennett, George
A2 - Vandersteen, Katrijn
N1 - Score = 2
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - SCK•CEN has been investigating the possibility of using the Boom Clay as the host rock for high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste disposal. For demonstrating feasibility and safety of a potential radioactive waste disposal, the aquifers surrounding the Boom Clay are studied as well. The detailed hydrogeological characterization of the aquifers below the Boom Clay, especially the Oligocene and Ledo-Paniselian-Brusselian aquifers, is of high importance for better understanding water and solute transport and reducing the uncertainty of the current groundwater flow models. The amount of available hydraulic conductivity data for these aquifers is however limited, and therefore, it has not yet been used for the informing the model parameterization. To advance characterization and modelling of groundwater flow for the aquifers below the Boom Clay this study uses data from a portable air permeameter to estimate saturated hydraulic conductivities for the Oligocene and Bartoon aquifer system. The upscaled saturated hydraulic conductivity estimates together with pumping test data from the Oligocene and Ledo-Paniselian-Brusselian aquifers are integrated into the current groundwater flow model for the aquifers below the Boom Clay.
AB - SCK•CEN has been investigating the possibility of using the Boom Clay as the host rock for high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste disposal. For demonstrating feasibility and safety of a potential radioactive waste disposal, the aquifers surrounding the Boom Clay are studied as well. The detailed hydrogeological characterization of the aquifers below the Boom Clay, especially the Oligocene and Ledo-Paniselian-Brusselian aquifers, is of high importance for better understanding water and solute transport and reducing the uncertainty of the current groundwater flow models. The amount of available hydraulic conductivity data for these aquifers is however limited, and therefore, it has not yet been used for the informing the model parameterization. To advance characterization and modelling of groundwater flow for the aquifers below the Boom Clay this study uses data from a portable air permeameter to estimate saturated hydraulic conductivities for the Oligocene and Bartoon aquifer system. The upscaled saturated hydraulic conductivity estimates together with pumping test data from the Oligocene and Ledo-Paniselian-Brusselian aquifers are integrated into the current groundwater flow model for the aquifers below the Boom Clay.
KW - Boom clay
KW - high-level waste disposal
KW - aquifer
KW - hydrogeological
KW - groundwater flow
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_136425
M3 - Master's thesis
PB - VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
CY - Brussels, Belgium
ER -
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