Advances in Hydrogeology

Dear Colleagues,

Groundwater contamination became an environmental problem of worldwide concern decades ago. Contaminant hydrogeology is a research field that addresses migration, transformation, and the fate of contaminants in groundwater systems. It has a feature of interdisciplinarity and incorporates the knowledge or research methods from geology, groundwater hydrology, fluid dynamics, water chemistry, microbiology, and mathematics. Such a feature has become more significant in recent years with the emergence of new contaminants, the upgrade of contamination characterization technologies, and the development of computing science.

This Special Issue aims to address the recent advances of contaminant hydrogeology and emphasizes the following topics:

• Contaminant transport theories
• Mathematical modelling of contaminant transport
• Methods and tools for computing contaminant transport
• Contaminant source identification
• Surface water and groundwater interaction for contaminant migration
• Transformation and fate of contaminants
• Hydrogeological characteristics of emerging contaminants
• Hydraulic and geophysical methods for contaminated site characterization
• On-site and real-time analysis of contaminants
• In situ groundwater remediation technology
• Regional groundwater contamination impact and management

Submissions of both original research articles and review articles are welcome. In addition, articles with remarkable contributions to recent conferences in this field are also welcomed in this Special Issue. We hope that this collection of articles will highlight the recent progress in the area of contaminant hydrogeology and serve as an inspiration for those working in this area.

Prof. Dr. Hua Zhong
Dr. Yuanyuan Zha
Dr. Zhilin Guo
Guest Editors

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