Geoffrey R. Tick
Geological Sciences
University of Alabama
United States of America
Biography
GEO 101: The Dynamic Earth GEO 306: Hydrogeology GEO 410/510: Soil and Groundwater Restoration GEO 411/511: Contaminant Transport in Porous Media GEO 525: Water Resource Management
Research Interest
Investigation of contaminant transport in soil and groundwater systems. Understanding the processes that influence transport of contaminants in porous media. Impact of immiscible liquid sources on chemical transport in soil and groundwater systems. Innovative technologies for the remediation of organic contaminants in the subsurface. Enhanced-solubilization agents to improve the remediation of organic pollutants in groundwater. Petroleum mobilization and recovery processes. Laboratory, field, and theoretical investigations of contaminant transport in porous media. Methods to characterize subsurface heterogeneity and subsurface contamination
Publications
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Peclet number as affected by molecular diffusion controls transient anomalous transport in alluvial aquifer-aquitard complexes
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Chemical structure influence on NAPL mixture nonideality evolution, rate-limited dissolution, and contaminant mass flux
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In situ stabilization of NAPL contaminant source-zones as a remediation technique to reduce mass discharge and flux to groundwater
