Physical heterogeneities are prevalent features of fracture systems and significantly impact
transport processes in aquifers across different spatiotemporal scales. Upscaling solute …

Fractured rocks in the subsurface are ubiquitous, and the dynamics of mass transfer in
fractured rocks plays an important role in understanding the problem in engineering geology …

Safe disposal of high-level radioactive nuclear waste (HLW) is crucial for human health and
the environment, as well as for sustainable development. Deep geological disposal in …

Deep geological disposal is a widely accepted approach for safe management and long-
term disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). However, high uncertainty associated …

Fluid flow regimes affect the determination of hydraulic conductivity of fractured rocks, and
the critical criteria for the onset of nonlinear fluid flow transitions in discrete fracture networks …

We report on flow channeling and anomalous transport behaviors in a granite tensile
fracture subject to increasing surface contacts. In this study, numerical experiments are …

The influences of surface roughness and shear processes on fluid flow and solute transport
through three-dimensional (3D) crossed rock fractures, a vital element of fracture networks …

Subsurface substance migration in the fractured rock aquifer is mainly controlled by
fractures, and prediction of solute transport in fractures is important to many geophysical …

In this study, fluid flow and solute transport processes are assessed in three-dimensional (3-
D) intersected rock fractures with stressed-induced void heterogeneity. Specifically, flow …

Fundamental understanding of solute transport behaviors in rock fractures is of great
importance to many hydrogeological processes. The fate of fluid-borne solutes is inherently …