| Abstract: | OTEQ is a mathematical simulation model used to characterize the fate and transport of waterborne solutes in streams and rivers. The model is formed by coupling a solute transport model with a chemical equilibrium submodel. The solute transport model is based on OTIS, a model that considers the physical processes of advection, dispersion, lateral inflow, and transient storage. The equilibrium submodel is based on MINTEQ, a model that considers the speciation and complexation of aqueous species, acid-base reactions, precipitation/dissolution, and sorption.
Within OTEQ, reactions in the water column may result in the formation of solid phases (precipitates and sorbed species) that are subject to downstream transport and settling processes. Solid phases on the streambed may also interact with the water column through dissolution and sorption/desorption reactions. Consideration of both mobile (waterborne) and immobile (streambed) solid phases requires a unique set of governing differential equations and solution techniques that are developed herein. The partial differential equations describing physical transport and the algebraic equations describing chemical equilibria are coupled using the sequential iteration approach. The model‘s ability to simulate pH, precipitation/dissolution, and pH-dependent sorption provides a means of evaluating the complex interactions between instream chemistry and hydrologic transport at the field scale.
This report details the development and application of OTEQ. Sections of the report describe model theory, input/output specifications, model applications, and installation instructions. OTEQ may be obtained over the Internet at http://water.usgs.gov/software/OTEQ. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98194 |
| Citation Author: | Runkel, Robert L. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, 101 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Techniques and Methods |
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| Citation Series Number: | 6-B6 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | One-Dimensional Transport with Equilibrium Chemistry (OTEQ) - A Reactive Transport Model for Streams and Rivers; 2010; TM; 6-B6; Runkel, Robert L. |
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| Text: | One-Dimensional Transport with Equilibrium Chemistry (OTEQ) - A Reactive Transport Model for Streams and Rivers; 2010; TM; 6-B6; Runkel, Robert L. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/06b06/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
