MT3D/MT3DMS BIBLIOGRAPHY

Theoretical and Numerical Background

• Zheng, C., 1990, MT3D, A modular three-dimensional transport model for simulation of advection, dispersion, and chemical reactions of contaminants in groundwater systems, Report to the Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK.
• Zheng, C., 1993, Extension of the method of characteristics for simulation of solute transport in three dimensions, Ground Water, 31(3), 456-465.
• Zheng, C, 1994, Analysis of particle tracking errors associated with spatial discretization, Ground Water, 32(5), 821-828.
• Zheng, C., and G.D. Bennett, 1995, Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling, Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 433 pp.
• Zheng, C. and P.P. Wang, 1999, MT3DMS: A modular three-dimensional multispecies model for simulation of advection, dispersion and chemical reactions of contaminants in groundwater systems; Documentation and User’s Guide, Contract Report SERDP-99-1, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS.
• Zheng, C., M.C. Hill, and P.A. Hsieh, 2001, MODFLOW-2000, The U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model--User Guide to the LMT6 Package, the Linkage with MT3DMS for Multi-Species Mass Transport Modeling, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-82, Reston, Virginia.
• Zheng, C., and G.D. Bennett, 2002, Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 621 pp.
• Prommer, H., D.A. Barry, and C. Zheng, 2003, A MODFLOW/MT3DMS based multicomponent reactive transport model, Ground Water, 41(2): 247-257.
• Wang, P.P., and  C. Zheng, 2005, Contaminant transport models under random sources, Ground Water, 43(3): 423-433.
• Spiessl, S.M, H. Prommer, T. Licha, M. Sauter, and C. Zheng, 2007, A process-based reactive hybrid transport model for coupled discrete conduit-continuum systems, J. Hydrol., 347:23-34.
• Zheng, C., 2009, Recent developments and future directions for MT3DMS and related transport codes, Ground Water, 47(5), doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00602.x.
• Ma, R., C. Zheng, 2010, Effects of density and viscosity in modeling heat as a groundwater tracer, Ground Water, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00660.x.
• Zheng, C., 2010, MT3DMS v5.3 Supplemental User's Guide, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Additional MT3D/MT3DMS Applications (1990-2004)

• Abrams, R.H. and  K. Loague, 2000, Legacies from three former manufactured-gas plants: impacts on groundwater quality, Hydrogeology Journal, 8(6), 594-607.
• Altenburg, D.L., 1996, Influence of heterogeneity on aquifer cleanup, M.S. Thesis, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 81 pp.
• Aly, A.H. and R.C. Peralta, 1999, Comparison of a genetic algorithm and mathematical programming to the design of groundwater cleanup systems, Water Resour. Res., 35(8), 2415-2425.
• Aly, A.H. and R.C. Peralta, 1999, Optimal design of aquifer cleanup systems under uncertainty using a neural network and a genetic algorithm, Water Resour. Res., 35(8), 2523-2532.
• Andrews, C.B., and C.J. Neville, 2003, Ground water flow in a desert basin: challenges of simulating transport of dissolved chromium, Ground Water, 41(2): 219-226.
• Bakker, M., 2003, A Dupuit formulation for modeling seawater intrusion in regional aquifer systems, Water Resour. Res., 39(5), 1131, doi:1029/2002WR001710.
• Barth, G.R., M.C. Hill, T.H. Illangasekare, and H. Rajaram, 2001, Predictive modeling of flow and transport in a two-dimensional intermediate-scale, heterogeneous porous medium,  Water Resour. Res., 37(10), 2503?512.

• Boutt, D.E., D.W. Hyndman, B.C. Pijanowski, and D.T. Long, 2001, Identifying potential land-use-derived solute sources to stream baseflow using groundwater models and GIS, Ground Water, 39(1), 24-34.

• Conan, C., F. Bouraoui, N. Turpin, G. de Marsily and G. Bidoglio, 2003, Modeling Flow and Nitrate Fate at Catchment Scale in Brittany(France)
  Journal of Environmental Quality, 32:2026-2032.

• Eggleston, J, and S. Rojstaczer, 1998, Identification of large-scale hydraulic conductivity trends and the influence of trends on contaminant transport, 
  Water Resour. Res., 34(9), 2155-2168.

• Elci, A., F.J., Molz, and W.R., Waldrop, 2001, Implications of  observed and simulated ambient flow in monitoring wells, Ground Water, 39(6), 853-862.
• Elder, C.R., C.H. Benson, and G.R. Eykholt, 2002, Effects of heterogeneity on influent and effluent concentrations from horizontal permeable reactive barriers, Water Resour. Res., 38(8), DOI 10.1029/2001WR001259.
• Faidi H.A., L.A. Garcia, and M.M. Albertson, 2002, Development of a model for simulation of solute transport in a stream-aquifer system, Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 7(3): 191-206.
• Feehley, C.E., 1999, A dual-domain mass transfer approach for modeling solute transport in heterogeneous media: application to the MADE site, M.S. Thesis, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
• Feehley, C.E., C. Zheng, and F.J. Molz, 2000, A dual-domain mass transfer approach for modeling solute transport in heterogeneous porous media, application to the MADE site, Water Resour. Res., 36(9), 2501-2515.
• Tsai, F. T.-C., N.-Z. Sun, and W. W.-G. Yeh, 2003, Global-local optimization for parameter structure identification in three-dimensional groundwater modeling, Water Resour. Res., 39(2), 1043, doi:10.1029/2001WR001135.
• Hahn, J., 1996, Analysis of remedial alternatives of the Nanji landfill, Korea, Environmental Geology, 28(1), 12-21.
• Harrar, W.G., T.O. Sonnenborg, and H.J. Henriksen, 2003, Capture zone, travel time, and solute-transport predictions using inverse modeling and different geological model, Hydrogeology Journal, 11(5), 536-548.
• Hathaway, D.L., and C.B. Andrews, 1990, Fate and transport modeling of organic compounds from a gasoline spill, in Proc. Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground-Water: Prevention, Detection and Restoration, Houston, TX, 563-576.
• Hathaway, D.L., and M.R. Wolff, 1995, Comments on parameter uncertainty: A post-audit of ground-water contaminant fate and transport model predictions, in Proc. American Geophysical Union Fifteenth Annual Hydrology Days, H.J. More-Seytoux (ed.), Hydrology Days Publications, Atherton, CA, 95-104.
• Holder, A.W., P.B. Bedient, and C.N. Dawson, 2000, FLOTRAN, a 3-D ground water model, with comparison to analytical solutions and other models, Adv. Water Resour., 23, 517-530.
• Huang, C. and A. S. Mayer, 1997, Pump-and-treat optimization using well locations and pumping rates as decision variables, Water Resour. Res., 33(5), 1001-1012.
• Hyndman, D.W., and S.M. Gorelick, 1996, Estimating lithologic and transport properties in three dimension using seismic and tracer data: The Kesterman aquifer, Water Resour. Res., 32(9), 2659-2670.
• Hyndman, D.W, M.J. Dybas, L. Forney, R. Heine, T. Mayotte, M.S. Phanikumar, G. Tatara, J. Tiedje, T. Voice, R. Wallace, D. Wiggert, 2000, X. Zhao, C.S. Criddle, Hydraulic characterization and design of a full-scale biocurtain, Ground Water, 38(3),  462-474.
• Johnson, J.A., V. Ravi, and J.K. Rumery, 1994, Estimation of solute concentrations using the pathline counting method, Ground Water, 32(5), 719-736.
• Julian, H.E., J.M. Boggs, C. Zheng, and C.E. Feehley, 2001, Numerical simulation of a natural gradient tracer experiment for the Natural Attenuation Study: flow and physical transport, Ground Water, 39(4), 534-545.
• Katz, Y. and H. Gvirtzman, 1999, Capture and cleanup of a migrating VOC plume by the in-well vapor stripping: a sand tank experiment, J. Contam. Hydrol., 43(1), 25-44.
• Langevin C.D.,2003, Simulation of submarine ground water discharge to a marine estuary: Biscayne Bay, Florida, Ground Water 41(6): 758-771.
• Lessoff, S.C., and L.F. Konikow, 1997, Ambiguity in measuring matrix diffusion with single-well injection/recovery tracer tests, Ground Water, 35(1), 166-176.
• Liu, G., C. Zheng, and S. M. Gorelick, 2004, Limits of applicability of the advection-dispersion model in aquifers containing connected high-conductivity channels, Water Resour. Res., 40, W08308, doi:10.1029/2003WR002735.
• Loague, K., R.H. Abrams, S.N. Davis, A. Nguyen, and I.T. Stewart. 1998. A case study simulation of DBCP groundwater contamination in Fresno County, California: Transport in the saturated subsurface. J. Contam. Hydrol. 29, 137-163.
• Lu, G., T.P. Clement, C. Zheng, and T.H. Wiedemeier, 1999, Natural attenuation of BTEX compounds, model development and field-scale application, Ground Water, 37(5), 707-717.
• Lu, G., 2000, Geological and biological processes in surface water and groundwater systems: field observations and modeling studies, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
• Mehl, S.W. and M.C. Hill, 2001, Comparison of solute transport solution techniques and their effect on sensitivity analysis and inverse modeling results, Ground Water, 39(2), 300-307.
• Neupauer R.M. and J.L. Wilson, 2004, Numerical implementation of a backward probabilistic model of ground water contamination, Ground Water, 42 (2): 175-189.
• Poeter, E.P., and S. McKenna, 1995, Reducing uncertainty associated with ground-water flow and transport predictions, Ground Water, 33(6), 899-904.
• Poeter, E.P., C. Zheng, and M.C. Hill, editors, 1998, Proceedings of the MODFLOW’98 International Conference (Volumes I and II), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado (containing multiple papers on MT3D applications).
• Poeter, E.P., C. Zheng, M.C. Hill, J. Doherty, editors, 2003, Proceedings of "MODFLOW 2003 and More" International Conference on Ground-Water Modeling (Volumes I and II), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado (containing multiple papers on MT3D applications).
• Prommer, H., D.A. Barry, and C. Zheng, 2003, MODFLOW/MT3DMS based reactive multicomponent transport modeling, Ground Water, 41(2): 247-257.
• Sawyer, C.S. and K. Lieuallen-Dulam, 1998, Productivity comparison of horizontal and vertical ground water remediation well scenarios, Ground Water, 36(1), 98-103.
• Seo, S., E.P. Poeter, C. Zheng, and O. Poeter, editors., 2001, Proceedings of "MODFLOW 2001 and Other Modeling Odysseys" International Conference (Volumes I and II), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado (containing multiple papers on MT3D applications).
• Shamrukh, M., M.Y. Corapcioglu, and F.A.A. Hassona, 2001, Modeling the effect of chemical fertilizers on ground water quality in the Nile Valley aquifer, Egypt, Ground Water, 39(1), 59-67.
• Silliman, S.E., 2001, Laboratory study of chemical transport to wells within heterogeneous porous media, Water Resour. Res. 37(7), 1883-1892.
• Snodsmith, J.B., 1998, Simulation of seawater intrusion, southern Baldwin Country, Alabama, M.S. Thesis, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
• Wang, F. and J. Bright, 2004, Scale effect and calibration of contaminant transport models, Ground Water, 42(5): 760-766.
• Wang, M., 1996, Groundwater management and remediation, global optimization models and field applications, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 133 pp.
• Wang, M., and C. Zheng, 1997, Groundwater remediation policy selection under general conditions, Ground Water, 35(5), 757-764.
• Woessner, W.W., 2000, Stream and fluvial plain ground water interactions: rescaling hydrogeologic thought, Ground Water, 38(3), 423-429.
• Zhan, H. and W.A. McKay, 1998, An assessment of nitrate occurrence and transport in Washoe Valley, Nevada, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 4(4), 479-489.
• Zhang, Y., 1999, Parameter Identification Using a Global Optimization Approach -- Simulated Annealing Algorithm, M.S. Thesis, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
• Zheng, C., and J.J. Jiao, 1998, Numerical simulation of tracer tests in heterogeneous aquifers, J. Environmental Engineering, 124(6), 510-516.
• Zheng C., and P.P. Wang, 2002, A field demonstration of the simulation-optimization approach for remediation system design, Ground Water, 40(3), 258-265.
• Zheng, C., and S.M. Gorelick, 2003, Analysis of solute transport in flow fields influenced by preferential flow paths at the decimeter scale, Ground Water, 41(2), 142-155.

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