Stochastic modeling of flow and conservative transport in three-dimensional discrete fracture networks

Lee, I-Hsien; Ni, Chuen-Fa; Lin, Fang-Pang; Lin, Chi-Ping; Ke, Chien-Chung

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-19-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-19-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-19-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

Research article

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02 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 02 Jan 2019

Stochastic modeling of flow and conservative transport in three-dimensional discrete fracture networks

I-Hsien Lee, Chuen-Fa Ni, Fang-Pang Lin, Chi-Ping Lin, and Chien-Chung Ke

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Jan 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 21 Aug 2018)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Chuen-Fa Ni, 07 Nov 2018
RC2: 'brief comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Chuen-Fa Ni, 07 Nov 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (27 Nov 2018) by Philippe Ackerer

AR by Chuen-Fa Ni on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Dec 2018) by Philippe Ackerer

AR by Chuen-Fa Ni on behalf of the Authors (06 Dec 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

Few studies focused on the direct solution of the ADE for 3-D DFNs. The study is the first to solve the ADE and focus on assessing the velocity uncertainty in 3-D DFNs. The velocity uncertainty shows a limited range of influence close to the mean diameter of a fracture. The information is useful for engineering designs at sites with fractured rocks. We quantified that the tracer test in wells might lead to the overestimation of mean concentration and induce high uncertainty in fractured media.