Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00941
Investigation of groundwater flow heterogeneity in chalk aquifers using detailed borehole arrays and stochastic modelling techniques.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor A Butler, Imperial College London, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D Peach, British Geological Survey, Science Programmes Director
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A Binley, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Hydrological Processes
- Hydrogeology
- Abstract:
- LOCAR seeks to obtain fundamental information on the processes controlling water fluxes within permeable catchments. This proposal addresses this need through an improved understanding of groundwater flow through Chalk, the UK's primary aquifer. It will characterise the rock through an explicit fracture network flow model, conditioned on a variety of field investigation techniques (video fracture logging, tracers tests and electrical resistance tomography). Uncertainty in solutions will be incorporated through stochastic methods. The model will be used to derive effective hydraulic parameters and estimated ranges expected from pumping tests. Thus, the approach provides a methodology for connecting an improved representation of flow (and thus transport) through Chalk with historical data derived from analyses which treat Chalk as an equivalent porous medium.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2001/00941
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Lowland Catchment Research
This grant award has a total value of £290,777
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £11,418 | £151,275 | £33,633 | £24,865 | £69,587 |
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