[Last updated: February 2, 2010 ]

Research Activities

1. SALINIZATION, FRACTURE FLOW, EARTH-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS

1a. Groundwater salinization in an arid environment. (coolaborators: M.I. Dragila, A. Yakirevich)
1b. The role of fractures in earth processes. (coolaborator: M.I. Dragila).

1c. Evaporation and salt precipitation in complex porous media (coolaborators: M.I. Dragila, A.     Grader).

Figure 1: The conceptual model of venting fractures (after Weisbrod & Dragila, 2006)

2. COLLOID AND COLLOID-FACILITATED TRANSPORT IN POROUS AND FRACTURES MEDIA
2a.Colloidal and colloid-facilitated transport in naturally fractured chalk.
2b. Colloid and colloid-facilitated transport of contaminants in natural subsurface: impact of preferential flow pathways. (coolaborator: A. Yakirevich) Abstract

2c. Transport of virus in the subsurface.

Figure 2: Impact of size on colloid transport in fractures - BTC and conceptual scheme

3. SOILS & GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION

3a. Groundwater contamination below an industrial zone, Ramat Hasharon case study. ( coolaborators: E.Adar, O. Dahan, A. Yakirevich, Z. Ronen) Abstract
3b.VOCs in soils and groundwater in the vicinity of Magen site. (coolaborators D. Ronen, D. Kurtzman. A. Nasser, A. Graber, U. Mingelgrin)

Figure 3: Various sampling methods are being used in different sites according to specific needs

3c. Transport and accumulation of oil emulsions in soils. (coolaborator: A. Gross)
3d. Transport of Organic compounds in the subsurface (coolaborator: O. Lev)
3e. Dissolution of Cr under wetting and drying conditions (coolaborator: Jiwchar Ganor)

4. SUBSURFACE PROCESSES ALONG THE DEAD SEA SHORE

4a. Colloidal and soluble tracers in saline water (coolaborator: Y. Yechieli) Abstract

4b. Dynamics of dissolution and precipitation processes along the Dead Sea shore (coolaborator: Y. Yechieli)

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