April 26, 2004
Report

A Geostatistical Analysis of Historical Field Data on Tritium, Technetium-99, Iodine-129, and Uranium

Abstract

The purpose of the study described in this report was to generate maps and statistics that quantify contamination in groundwater, based on historical groundwater concentration data for multiple points in time. The results generated from this study include several quantitative summaries of contaminant distributions (e.g., the location of the center of mass of contaminant plumes and the total mass of contaminants in the plume) and are collectively referred to as history matching data. A primary goal of this study was to use geostatistical and Monte Carlo methods that allow one to provide an estimate of uncertainty in the history matching data generated.

Published: April 26, 2004

Citation

Murray C.J., Y. Chien, and P.D. Thorne. 2004. A Geostatistical Analysis of Historical Field Data on Tritium, Technetium-99, Iodine-129, and Uranium Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.