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Modelling of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Natural Karst Environments Under Hydrodynamic and Chemical Kinetic Control

Justice, Brad L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1145310619

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2006, Master of Science, University of Akron, Applied Mathematics.
Rimstone dams are barriers composed mainly of calcium carbonate deposited from solution in ground and surface waters. These structures form a subclass of travertine formations which include flowstone and stalactites, and often appear in close proximity to these features. The initial formation of rimstone dams requires some degree of cave slope, a semi-continuous flow of water, and the preexistence of irregularities in the cave floor. These dams develop at heights from a few millimeters to several meters within free-surface streams, and create a self-propagating dam and pool structure which grows upward. The genesis and evolution of rimstone dams is theorized to be the result of hydrodynamic and chemical-kinetic control. The purpose of this paper is to develop a model, the scope of which encompasses both hydrodynamics and the reactive transport, which is qualitatively consistent with observed and experimentally derived results, and method for analyzing the mechanism governing the formation of these unique rimstone features.
Gerald Young (Advisor)
Geophysics
c5; CALCIUM CARBONATE; Rimstone; Rimstone dams; c3

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  • Justice, B. L. (2006). Modelling of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Natural Karst Environments Under Hydrodynamic and Chemical Kinetic Control [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1145310619

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Justice, Brad. Modelling of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Natural Karst Environments Under Hydrodynamic and Chemical Kinetic Control. 2006. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1145310619.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Justice, Brad. "Modelling of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Natural Karst Environments Under Hydrodynamic and Chemical Kinetic Control." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1145310619

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