GGSD Program Details for MT3D96

MT3D96

Category	Contaminant transport (3D)
Publisher	Schlumberger Water Services
Platform	DOS
Status	Commercial
Description	MT3D96 is a three-dimensional mass transport model for simulating advection, dispersion, and chemical reactions of a single species contaminant in ground water systems. The model program is based on a modular structure to permit simulation of transport processes independently or jointly. MT3D is capable of simulating advection, dispersion, first-order decay, or production reactions, and linear and non-linear sorption. MT3D96 is linked to the USGS's three-dimensional groundwater model MODFLOW and can be applied using a graphical pre-and post processor like Visual MODFLOW. It is suitable for simulating groundwater plume migration in either two- or three-dimensional groundwater flow systems. The MT3D96 model input is compatible with standard MODFLOW data files, including three- dimensional transient flow fields with the presence of wells, drains, rivers, recharge, evapotranspiration and a variety of boundary conditions. It retrieves the heads and various flow and sink/source terms saved by the model and automatically incorporates the specified boundary conditions. Solution options include; the method of characteristics (MOC); the modified method of characteristics (MMOC); a hybrid of these two methods (HMOC); and finite-difference mode. MT3D accommodates the following spatial discretization capabilities and mass transport boundary conditions: confined, unconfined and variably confined/unconfined aquifer layers; inclined model layers and variable cell thicknesses within the same layer; specified concentrations or mass flux boundaries; and the solute transport effects of external sources and sinks. The chemical reactions included in the model are equilibrium based linear or non-linear sorption and first-order irreversible decay or biodegradation. A post-processing program is also included to assist in the plotting of concentration breakthrough curves and contour maps using Surfer or other plotting packages.
Cost	US Dollars 700
Data formats supported	None stated
Supplier in Brazil	Waterloo Brazil Ltda.
Supplier in Canada	Schlumberger Water Services
Supplier in Egypt	Noor Scientific & Trade
Supplier in Germany	HarbourDOM Consulting
Supplier in Hungary	Jakab es Tarsai Kft.
Supplier in Japan	RAAX Co., Ltd.
Supplier in Japan	Terra Corporation
Supplier in Russian Federation	O Plus K, Inc
Supplier in Spain	RAMTOR, S.A.
Supplier in United States of America	Scientific Software Group