Example 4: Transport and cation exchange

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Comparison of simulated concentration profiles between PHT3D and PHREEQC-2 for the test problem by Appelo (1994). 

References:

Appelo, C.A.J. (1994). Cation and proton exchange, pH variations, and carbonate reactions in a freshening aquifer. Water Resour. Res. 30, 2793-2805.

Appelo, C.A.J., and Postma, D. (1994). Geochemistry, groundwater and pollution. Example 10.13, Flushing of Na+ and K+ with a CaCl2 solution. A. A. BALKEMA Rotterdam, Brookfield.

Parkhurst, D.L. and Appelo, C.A.J. (1999). User’s guide to PHREEQC – A computer program for speciation, reaction-path, 1D-transport, and inverse geochemical calculations: U.S. Geol. Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4259.