Special Issue "Flow and Chemical/Heat Transport in Fractured Rocks and Karst Formations"

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zhou Chen

School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, China

Dr. Renjie Zhou

Department of Environmental and Geosciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341

Dr. Yonghui Zhu

State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

Prof. Dr. Hongbin Zhan

Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, USA

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Understanding anomalous flow and chemical/heat transport behaviors through fractured rocks and karst formation are crucial for many environmental and hydrogeological contexts such as remediation of multi-phase liquids, geothermal reservoir exploitation and heat storage, geotechnical applications (including effects on underground reservoirs, tunnels, etc.), and carbon capture and storage. Yet, a certain ambiguity associated with fractured rocks and karst formations, and predictive capabilities relating to flow and chemical/heat transport processes remain limited. The objective of the Special Issue is to state recent advances in flow and transport in heterogeneous formations that include, but are not limited to, chemical/heat transport with the anomalous flow, validity and capacity of current models and theory under anomalous flow and transport in heterogeneous formations, and geological formation construction technique of fracture networks and karst formations. We invite authors to contribute original research and review articles on innovative numerical, laboratory, and field studies for flow and chemical/heat transport in fractured rocks and karst formations. Contributions on anomalous flow and reactive transport behaviors at different scales are of great value.

Dr. Zhou Chen

Dr. Renjie Zhou

Dr. Yonghui Zhu

Prof. Dr. Hongbin Zhan

Guest Editors

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