Subsurface Environmental Processes
The main objective of our research is to quantify the links between the physical heterogeneity of subsurface environments, including porous and fractured media, the heterogeneity of the resulting flow fields, and the effective transport behavior, including solute dispersion, mixing, and (bio-)chemical reactions. We tackle these problems using both experiments — performed over scales ranging from micro to field scale — and (numerical and theoretical) modelling. The environmental and industrial applications of our research include the study of the impact of climate change on groundwater resources, remediation of polluted sites, nuclear waste storage, geothermal energy, geological sequestration of CO2, recovery of hydrocarbons, and hydraulic fracturing.
News from our Group
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New publication
April 19, 2021
Sandra Pool's paper, with collaborators at Technical University of Valencia, on the impact of irrigation techniques and climate change on hydroclimatic regimes in the Mediterranean region, ... New publication
February 16, 2021
New paper on the local viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids flowing in porous media in collaboration with Markus Holzner' group (WSL and Eawag) published in Frontiers in Physics.
New responsibilities!
December 22, 2020
Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez has been appointed as Chair (2021-2022) of the Unsaturated Zone Technical Committee of the American Geophysical Union. Congratulations! Click here for more informat...