MIN3P Verification Example: Dedolomitization (comparison of
MIN3P to PHAST)
This scenario simulates the infiltration
of slightly acidic water that is undersaturated with
respect to calcite and dolomite into an aquifer that contains dolomite. This
drives the replacement of dolomite by calcite and subsequently the dissolution
of calcite. Figure 1 compares the simulation results from the codes MIN3P and
PHAST for an aquifer with an initial dolomite content of 20 vol%. Refer to Calderhead and Mayer (2004) for details on
the parameters used in this simulation.
References:
Calderhead,
A.I. and Mayer, K.U. 2004. Comparison of the suitability of the global
implicit method and the sequential non-iterative approach for multicomponent
reactive transport modeling. 57th
Canadian Geotechnical Conference.
October 24-28, 2004. Quebec City. Canada