{"id":159,"date":"2022-12-30T18:28:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T18:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/?post_type=part&#038;p=159"},"modified":"2023-01-08T01:50:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T01:50:03","slug":"notations","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/part\/notations\/","title":{"raw":"12 Notations","rendered":"12 Notations"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"notations\">\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border: none;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute concentration (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>c<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>c<\/em><sub><em>s<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">specific heat capacities of the groundwater and rock, respectively (ML<sup>2<\/sup>\/(T<sup>2<\/sup>\u0398))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub>0<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">initial concentration of the groundwater (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub><em>i<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">concentration species <em>i<\/em> (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub><em>i<\/em>,0<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">reference concentration of species <em>i<\/em> (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>c<\/em><sub><em>P<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">volumetric heat capacity (M\/(LT<sup>2<\/sup>\u0398))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub><em>ss<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">concentration associated with a source (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>D<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">diffusion coefficient (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T); for solutes, <em>D<\/em>=<em>D<\/em><sub><em>C<\/em><\/sub> the molecular diffusion coefficient; for heat, <em>D<\/em>=<em>D<\/em><sub><em>T<\/em><\/sub> the thermal diffusion coefficient<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">[latex]\\overline{D_{h,C}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute dispersion tensor (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T) which includes the effect of both molecular diffusion and mechanical dispersion<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>D<\/em><sub><em>C<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute diffusion coefficient in the bulk medium which is decreased from the diffusion coefficient in open water by the factors of connected porosity (<em>n<\/em>) and tortuosity (<em>\u03c4<\/em>) (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u0394<em>C<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">concentration difference (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u0394<em>\u03c1<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">density difference (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u2206T<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">temperature difference (\u0398)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>D<\/em><sub><em>T<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">thermal diffusivity (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">[latex]\\overline{D_{C}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">dispersion tensor which includes the combined effects of thermal conduction and mechanical dispersion (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>g<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">gravitational acceleration (L\/T<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">[latex]\\vec{g}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">gravitational acceleration vector (L\/T<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>H<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">thickness of the layer (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>h<\/em><sub><em>p<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">pressure head (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>h<\/em><sub><em>p,i<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">pressure head for a piezometer at location <em>i<\/em> containing a fluid column with density <em>\u03c1<\/em><sub><em>i<\/em><\/sub> (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">[latex]\\vec{J}_{C}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute mass flux (M\/(L<sup>2<\/sup>T))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">[latex]\\vec{J}_{e}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">heat flux (M\/T<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>k <\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">intrinsic permeability (L<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub><em>d<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">distribution coefficient (L<sup>3<\/sup>\/M)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>k<\/em><sub><em>T<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">thermal conductivity (ML\/(T<sup>3<\/sup>\u0398))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03bc <\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">dynamic viscosity (M\/(LT))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>n<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">porosity (dimensionless)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u2207<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">gradient operator which represents the rate of change of a variable per unit of distance in the <em>x<\/em>, <em>y<\/em> and <em>z<\/em> direction<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>NS<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">total number of solutes that contribute to the fluid density<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>p<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">pressure (M\/(LT<sup>2<\/sup>))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>p<\/em><sub><em>0<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">initial fluid pressure (M\/(LT<sup>2<\/sup>))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">[latex]\\displaystyle \\left ( \\frac{\\partial \\rho }{\\partial C} \\right )_{i}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">slope of the density-concentration relationship for species <em>i<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">[latex]\\vec{q}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">specific discharge (L\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>h<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">heat flow across the source boundary (M\/T<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>m<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">mass flux across the source boundary (M\/(TL<sup>2<\/sup>))<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>q<\/em><sub><em>ss<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">discharge rate per unit of volume of water source, or sink (1\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03c1<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">groundwater density (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03c1<\/em><sub>0<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">density of the fluid at initial concentration, temperature and pressure (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03c1<\/em><sub><em>b<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">dry bulk density of the rock (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03c1<\/em><sub><em>r<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">density of the rock (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u03c1<sub><em>ss<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">density of water source, or sink (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>t<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">time (T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>T <\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">temperature (\u0398)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>T<\/em><sub><em>0<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">initial temperature of the groundwater (\u0398)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>T<\/em><sub><em>s<\/em><\/sub><sub><em>s<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">temperature associated with a source (\u0398)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>z<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">elevation relative to a datum (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"notations\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute concentration (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>c<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>c<\/em><sub><em>s<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">specific heat capacities of the groundwater and rock, respectively (ML<sup>2<\/sup>\/(T<sup>2<\/sup>\u0398))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub>0<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">initial concentration of the groundwater (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub><em>i<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">concentration species <em>i<\/em> (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub><em>i<\/em>,0<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">reference concentration of species <em>i<\/em> (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>c<\/em><sub><em>P<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">volumetric heat capacity (M\/(LT<sup>2<\/sup>\u0398))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>C<\/em><sub><em>ss<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">concentration associated with a source (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>D<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">diffusion coefficient (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T); for solutes, <em>D<\/em>=<em>D<\/em><sub><em>C<\/em><\/sub> the molecular diffusion coefficient; for heat, <em>D<\/em>=<em>D<\/em><sub><em>T<\/em><\/sub> the thermal diffusion coefficient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-0485c825c7f18e0c0c1311dbf1454262_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#111;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#108;&#105;&#110;&#101;&#123;&#68;&#95;&#123;&#104;&#44;&#67;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"21\" width=\"38\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute dispersion tensor (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T) which includes the effect of both molecular diffusion and mechanical dispersion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>D<\/em><sub><em>C<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute diffusion coefficient in the bulk medium which is decreased from the diffusion coefficient in open water by the factors of connected porosity (<em>n<\/em>) and tortuosity (<em>\u03c4<\/em>) (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u0394<em>C<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">concentration difference (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u0394<em>\u03c1<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">density difference (M\/L<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u2206T<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">temperature difference (\u0398)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>D<\/em><sub><em>T<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">thermal diffusivity (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-5d366c53c9280c1721e199ea8c1b7950_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#111;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#108;&#105;&#110;&#101;&#123;&#68;&#95;&#123;&#67;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"27\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">dispersion tensor which includes the combined effects of thermal conduction and mechanical dispersion (L<sup>2<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>g<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">gravitational acceleration (L\/T<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-d3d6d1d954ef1c89c93a91c57d9006ec_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#118;&#101;&#99;&#123;&#103;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"17\" width=\"11\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">gravitational acceleration vector (L\/T<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>H<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">thickness of the layer (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>h<\/em><sub><em>p<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">pressure head (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>h<\/em><sub><em>p,i<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">pressure head for a piezometer at location <em>i<\/em> containing a fluid column with density <em>\u03c1<\/em><sub><em>i<\/em><\/sub> (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-cd7647ecff02c7a1600b0f2b348506cf_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#118;&#101;&#99;&#123;&#74;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#67;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">solute mass flux (M\/(L<sup>2<\/sup>T))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-4dc71d260ceb88e891dfc171be37f196_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#118;&#101;&#99;&#123;&#74;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#101;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"20\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">heat flux (M\/T<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>k <\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">intrinsic permeability (L<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub><em>d<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">distribution coefficient (L<sup>3<\/sup>\/M)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>k<\/em><sub><em>T<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">thermal conductivity (ML\/(T<sup>3<\/sup>\u0398))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03bc <\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">dynamic viscosity (M\/(LT))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>n<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">porosity (dimensionless)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u2207<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">gradient operator which represents the rate of change of a variable per unit of distance in the <em>x<\/em>, <em>y<\/em> and <em>z<\/em> direction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>NS<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">total number of solutes that contribute to the fluid density<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>p<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">pressure (M\/(LT<sup>2<\/sup>))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>p<\/em><sub><em>0<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">initial fluid pressure (M\/(LT<sup>2<\/sup>))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-95053387c7d3194176197948fc5a851a_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#32;&#40;&#32;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#112;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#97;&#108;&#32;&#92;&#114;&#104;&#111;&#32;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#112;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#97;&#108;&#32;&#67;&#125;&#32;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#32;&#41;&#95;&#123;&#105;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"44\" width=\"56\" style=\"vertical-align: -18px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">slope of the density-concentration relationship for species <em>i<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/variable-density-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6ea383c8528bfb9b6603fd9827cc0a9c_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#118;&#101;&#99;&#123;&#113;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"17\" width=\"12\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">specific discharge (L\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>h<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">heat flow across the source boundary (M\/T<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>m<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">mass flux across the source boundary (M\/(TL<sup>2<\/sup>))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><em>q<\/em><sub><em>ss<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td 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