CURRICULUM VITAE - UPC

CURRICULUM VITAEPersonal DataSurname SaaltinkForenames Maarten WillemDate of birth June 9 th 1964Place of birth Veendam (the Netherlands)Nationality DutchAffiliation Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), School of CivilEngineering of Barcelona, Department of GeotechnicalEngineering and Geo-Sciences.Address C/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D-2, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.Phone +34.93.4011820Fax +34.93.4017251E-mail maarten.saaltink@upc.eduAcademic TitlesAgricultural Engineer with special reference to environmental sciences from the"Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen" (Agricultural UniversityWageningen, the Netherlands).Doctor in Civil Engineering from the "Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya"(Technical University of Catalonia, Spain).Experience and Research InterestsInterpretation of pumping and tracer tests in fractured media by means of threedimensionalfinite element inverse model codes.Development of finite element reactive transport model codes.Numerical and computational behaviour of solution methods for reactivetransport model codes.Study of reactive transport problems with help of numerical models, particularly:dedolomitisation, groundwater quality change after artificial recharge,pyrite oxidation.Study of multiphase flow by means of numerical models, en particular study ofthe interaction of liquid and gas flow and vapor and heat transport in theunsaturated zone.1

CareerSeptember 1982 - November 1988: Study of environmental engineering at the"Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen" (Agricultural UniversityWageningen, the Netherlands) with specialisation in contamination ofsoil and groundwater.January 1989 - September 1989: Temporally employment at the TNO Instituteof Applied Geoscience in Delft (the Netherlands). Development of amodel code for simulating solute transport in groundwater and severalprojects on groundwater flow and solute transport.September 1989 - December 1992: Alternative service (September 1989 - April1991) and employment (April 1991 - December 1992) at the InternationalGround Water Modeling Center (IGWMC) in Delft (the Netherlands).Development of an expert system for modelling soil and groundwatercontamination.January 1993 – December 1995: Scholarship at the Technical University ofCatalonia (UPC), Dep. of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Sciences.Interpretation of pumping and tracer tests at low permeability fracturedmedia by means of three-dimensional finite element codes.January 1995 – December 1998: PhD study supervised by J. Carrera and C.Ayora Institute of Earth Science 'Jaume Almera', CSIC (associated to thedep. of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Sciences). Development ofcomputer code for reactive transport, study of its numerical behaviourand applications.January 1999 – December 2001: Scholarship at the Technical University ofCatalonia (UPC), Dep. of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Sciences.Projects related to the accident in Aznalcóllar, development of codes forreactive transport and multiphase flow.January 2002 – October 2006: 'Ramón y Cajal' researcher at the TechnicalUniversity of Catalonia (UPC), Dep. of Geotechnical Engineering andGeo-Science.November 2006 – present: Professor Agregat (Associate Professor) at theTechnical University of Catalonia (UPC), Dep. of GeotechnicalEngineering and Geo-Science.LanguagesMother tongue:Fluently:Reasonable:Regular:DutchEnglish, SpanishGerman, CatalanFrenchParticipation in ProjectsA knowledge base for modelling soil and groundwater contamination. Project ofthe European Union (DG XII). Period: May 1989 – April 1992.Contribution: Main worker for the development of an expert system formodelling soil and groundwater pollution.2

Modelización de la Hidrología del Cabril (Modelling the Hydrology of El Cabril).Agreement between ENRESA (Spanish Nuclear Waste ManagementCompany) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (FI2W-CT90-0068). Period: October 1990 - December 1995. Contribution:Interpretation of pumping tests by means of numerical models.Characterization and validation of natural radionuclide migration processesunder real conditions in a fissured granatic environment. Project of theEuropean Union and ENRESA (FI2W-CT90-0068). Period: March 1991– March 1995. Contribution: Interpretation of pumping tests and tracertests by means of numerical models.Modelización Hidrogeológica de Transporte y Modelos Químicos(Hydrogeological Modelling of Transport and Chemical Models).Agreement between ENRESA and the Universitat Politècnica deCatalunya (703309). Period: June 1995 - June 1999. Contribution:Development of reactive transport model codes and research on theirnumerical behaviour.Artificial Recharge. Project of the European Union (ENV4-CT95-0071). Period:February 1996 – February 1999. Contribution: Modelling the effects ofartificial recharge on the groundwater quality.PACOS 2, RETACO, Parallel computing initiative II. Project of the EuropeanUnion/ESPRIT (21037PCI-II/RETACO). Period: April 1996 – September1997. Contribution: Development of strategies for the parallelisation of areactive transport model code.Metodología de estudio del impacto sobre las aguas subterráneas del vertidode los lodos mineros: el caso de Aznalcóllar (Methodology of the study ofthe impact on groundwater of the spill of mine tailings: the case ofAznalcóllar). Project of CICYT/FEDER (1FD97-0765). Period: December1998 - December 1999. Contribution: Modelling of pyrite oxidation in thesoil.Desarrollo y aplicación de métodos para el seguimiento del impacto sobre lasaguas subterráneas del vertido de los lodos mineros: el caso deAznalcóllar (Development and application of methods for thecontinuation of the impact on groundwater of the spill of mine tailings: thecase of Aznalcóllar). Project of CICYT/FEDER (1FD97-1867). Period:January 2000 - December 2000. Contribution: Modelling of pyriteoxidation in the soil.Desarrollo de una herramienta para el estudio de procesos acoplados detransporte reactivo de radionucleidos en la geosfera (PETRA)(Development of a tool for the study of coupled reactive radionuclidetransport in the geosphere). Project of CSN, ENRESA and CIEMAT.Period 1998-2001.Análisis de procesos de acoplamiento, Mina Ratones. Agreement betweenENRESA and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Period 2000-2002.PIRAMID: Passive In situ Remediation of Acidic Mine/Industrial Drainage.Project of the European Union (UE-EVK1-1999-00061P). Period: 2000-2003.Controls of sulphide oxidation in mine wastes from SW Iberia (PAROXIS).Project of MCYT REN 2000-1003-C03-02. Period: 2001-2003.3

Estudio modelización hidrogeoquímica de zonas contaminadas(Hydrygeochemical modelling study of contaminated zones). Agreementbetween ENRESA and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Period2002-2005.DRAMA- DRenaje Acido de MinA: Prevención, Atenuación natural yTratamiento pasivo (Prevention natural attenuation and passivetreatment). Project of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology(REN2003-09590-C04-02). Period 2003-2006.Simulaciones de flujo multifase para el diseño de capas de cobertura y paraestudios de evolución de celdas (Multiphase flow studies for the designof cover layers and the study of the evolution of cells). Agreementbetween ENRESA and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Period2005-2008.FUNMIG (FUNdamental processes of radionuclide MIGration). Project of theEuropean Union. Period 2005-2008.Reactive transport modeling of the effect of hyperkaline solutions along afracture at the Onkalo site. Project for Posiva Oy (Finland). Period: 2007-2008.Flujo con densidad variable y transporte reactivo (variable density flow andreactive transport), Project for AMPHOS XXI Consulting S.L., Period,2008-2009.TeachingAsignatura de doctorado (PhD course), Modelización de transporte reactivo(Reactive transport modeling), Department of Geotechnical Engineeringand Geo-Sciences, UPC, 2004, 2006 and 2008.Asignatura de grado (undergraduate course), Ingeniería Geoambiental (Geoenvironmentalengineering), Department of Geotechnical Engineeringand Geo-Sciences, UPC, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.Asignatura de grado (undergraduate course), Modelación de flujo y transporteen medios porosos (Modelling flow and transport in porous media),Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Sciences, UPC, 2007and 2008.Postgraduate course, Introducción a Visual RETRASO (Introduction to VisualRETRASO). CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas,Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), Madrid, 4-8 October 2004. Institutode Ciencias de la Construcción "Eduardo Torroja", CSIC, Madrid, 29may - 2 june 2006. Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Centralde Venezuela, Caracas, 23 - 27 april 2007.PublicationsThesisSaaltink, M.W., Conversie van het programma BIBLE van de DEC10 naar deVAX (Conversion of the program BIBLE from DEC10 to VAX), Verslagafstudeervak informatica (MSc. thesis computer science). LandbouwuniversiteitWageningen, 1987.4

Saaltink, M.W., I. Meuwissen, De Geul van Hauset tot de Hammerbrücke, eenhydrogeologische verkenning (The river Geul from Hauset toHammerbrücke, a hydrogeological survey), Verslag afstudeervakhydrogeologie (MSc. thesis hydrogeology), LandbouwuniversiteitWageningen, 1987.Saaltink, M.W., Transport van fosfaat en atrazine in een heterogeen systeem(Transport of phosphate and atrazine in a heterogeneous system),Verslag afstudeervak bodemverontreiniging (MSc. thesis soil pollution),Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen, 1988.Saaltink, M.W., On the approaches for incorporating equilibrium and kineticchemical reactions in transport models, PhD. thesis, UniversitatPolitècnica de Catalunya, 1999.Journals of JCR (Journal Citation Reports)García Gutiérrez, M, J. Guimerà, A. Yllera de Llano, A Hernández Benitez, J.Humm and M. Saltink, Tracer test at El Berrocal site, Journal ofContaminant Hydrology, 26, 179-188, 1997.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora and J. Carrera, A mathematical formulation forreactive transport that eliminates mineral concentrations, WaterResources Research, 34(7), 1649-1656, 1998.Ayora, C., C. Taberner, M.W. Saaltink and J. Carrera, The genesis ofdedolomites: a discussion based on reactive transport modeling, Journalof Hydrology, 209, 346-365, 1998.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera and C. Ayora, A comparison of two approaches forreactive transport modelling, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 69/70,97-101, 2000.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera and C. Ayora, On the behavior of approaches tosimulate reactive transport, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 48(3-4),213-235, 2001.Marcuello, A., Gómez, P., Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Carrera, J., Multicomponentreactive transport modelling at the Ratones Uranium Mine(Spain), Geochim. et Cosmochem. Acta, 66(15A), p. 483, 2002.Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Stuyfzand, P.J., Timmer, H., Calibration of a reactivetransport model to interpret a deep-well-recharge field experiment atLangerak (the Netherlands), Geochim. et Cosmochem. Acta, 66(15A), p.660, 2002.Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Stuyfzand, P.J., Timmer, H., Analysis of a deep wellrecharge experiment by calibrating a reactive transport model with fielddata, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 65(1-2), 1-18, 2003.Saaltink, M.W., Carrera, J., Olivella, S., Mass balance errors when solving theconvective form of the transport equation in transient flow problems,Water Resources Research, 40(5), W05107, doi:10.1029/2003WR002866, 2004.Molins, S., Carrera, J., Ayora, C., Saaltink, M.W., A formulation for decouplingcomponents in reactive transport problems, Water Resources Research,40(10), W10301, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002970, 2004.Saaltink, M.W., Batlle, F., Ayora, C., Carrera, J., Simulating reactive transport intime dependent multiphase flow problems, Radiochim. Acta, 92(9-11),835-839, 2004, doi: 10.1524/ract.92.9.835.55014.5

Bea, S.A., Carrera, J., Soler, J.M., Ayora, C., Saaltink, M., Simulation ofremediation alternatives for a 137 Cs contaminated soil, Radiochim. Acta,92(9-11), 827-833, 2004, doi: 10.1524/ract.92.9.827.54981.Zuloaga P, Andrade C, Saaltink, M.W., Long term water flow scenario in lowlevelwaste disposal vaults, with particular regard to concrete structuresin El Cabril, Cordoba, Spain, Journal de Physique IV, 136, 49-59, 2006,doi: 10.1051/jp4:2006136006De Simoni, M., X. Sanchez-Vila, J. Carrera, M. W. Saaltink, A mixing ratiosbasedformulation for multicomponent reactive transport, Water Resour.Res., 43, W07419, 2007, doi:10.1029/2006WR005256.Acero, P, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, Modeling theinteraction between geochemical and hydraulic processes duringevaporation in tailings, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 72(12), p. A3-A3,2008, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.05.004Ojeda, E., J. Caldentey, M.W. Saaltink, J. García, Evaluation of relativeimportance of different microbial reactions on organic matter removal inhorizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands using a 2D simulationmodel, Ecol. Eng., 34(1), 65-75, 2008, doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.05.007Guadagnini, A., X. Sanchez-Vila, M.W. Saaltink, M. Bussini, B. Berkowitz,Application of a mixing-ratios based formulation to model mixing-drivendissolution experiments, Adv. Water Resour., 32(5), 756-766, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.07.005.Bea, S.A., J. Carrera, C. Ayora, F. Batlle, M. W. Saaltink, CHEPROO: A Fortran90 Object-Oriented module to solve chemical processes in Earth sciencemodels, Comput. Geosci., 35(6), 1098-1112, 2009 doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.08.010.Acero, P., C. Ayora, J. Carrera, M. W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, Multiphase flow andreactive transport model in vadose tailings, Appl. Geochem., 24(7),1238-1250, 2009, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.03.008.Pérez-López, R., J. Cama, J.M. Nieto, C. Ayora, M.W. Saaltink, Attenuation ofpyrite oxidation with a fly ash pre-barrier: reactive transport modelling ofcolumn experiments, Appl. Geochem., 24(9), 1712-1723, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.05.001.Katz, G.E., B. Berkowitz, A. Guadagnini, M. W. Saaltink, Experimental andmodeling investigation of multicomponent reactive transport in porousmedia, accepted by J. Contam. Hydrol., 2009, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.11.002.Bea, S.A., C. Ayora, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, B. Dold, Geochemical andenvironmental controls on the genesis of soluble efflorescent salts inCoastal Mine Tailings Deposits: A discussion based on reactive transportmodeling, accepted by J. Contam. Hydrol., 2009, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.12.005.Other JournalsCarrera, J., A. Medina, G. Galarza and M.W. Saaltink, From Inverse Problem toReactive Transport in Groundwater Modeling, ERCOFTAC bulletin, 28,16-20, 1996.Carrera, J., A. Medina, L. Vives, A. Alcolea, A. Marcuello, J. Jódar, I. Benet, M.Saaltink, E. Vázquez, X. Sánchez-vila, D. Sendrós and H. Ramajo,6

Modelació del flux i transport de soluts en medis porosos (modelling flowand solute transport in porous media), Teraflop Noticiari del Centre deSupercumpatació de Catalunya, 61, 29-29, 2001.Ayora, C., Berretino, D., Doménech, C. Fernández, M., López-Pamo, E.,Olivilla, S., de Pablo, J., Saaltink, M.W., Meteorización de los lodospiríticos de Aznalcóllar (Weathering of pyrite sludge at Aznalcóllar),Boletín Geológico y Minero, 112, 137-162, 2001.Alcolea, A., Ayora, C., Bernet, O., Bolzicco, J., Carrera, J., Coscera, G., dePablo, J., Doménech, C., Galache, J., Gubert, O., Knudby, C.,Mantecón, R., Manzano, M., Saaltink, M., Silgado, A., Barrerageoquímica (Permeable reactive barrier), Boletín Geológico y Minero,112, 229-255, 2001.Saaltink, M.W., C. Domènech, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Modelling the oxidation ofsulphides in an unsaturated soil, Mine Water Hydrogeology andGeochemistry, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 198,187-204, 2002.Saaltink, M.W., Batlle, F., Ayora, C., Carrera, J., Olivella, S., RETRASO, a codefor modeling reactive transport in saturated and unsaturated porousmedia, Geologica Acta, 2(3), 235-251, 2004.Ramón, A. and M. Saaltink, Fenómenos de capilaridad en celdas dealmacenamiento de "El Cabril", Nuclear España, 299, 39-42, 2009.Proceedings of CongressesVarni, M.R., M.W. Saaltink y J. Carrera, Aplicación de Campos de Velocidadescontinuas al Cálculo de Edades Cinematicas de las aguas Subterráneas(Application of continuous velocity fields to the calculation of cinematicages of groundwater), in: Análisis y Evolución de las AguasSubterráneas, p. 279-292, 1994.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora and J. Carrera, Comparación de Métodos para lasimulación de transporte reactivo multisoluto en el agua subterránea(Comparison of methods for simulating multisolute reactive transport ingroundwater), in: Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, XIX, AEHS, p.845-856, 1995.Guimerà, J., M.W. Saaltink, L. Martínez, J. Carrera y P. Gómez, Hidrogeologíade medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, (1) Modelo conceptual(Hydrogeology of low permeability fractured media, (1) Conceptualmodel), in: Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, XIX, AEHS, p. 251-262, 1995.Vives, L., P. Tume, M.W. Saaltink, J. Guimerà y J. Carrera, Hidrogeología demedios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, (2) Ensayos hidraulicos(Hydrogeology of low permeability fractured media, (2) Hydraulic test), in:Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, XIX, AEHS, p. 263-277, 1995.Guimerà, J., L. Vives, M.W. Saaltink, I. Benet, J. Carrera, M. García y J. Bueno,Hidrogeología de medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, (3)Ensayos de trazadores (Hydrogeology of low permeability fracturedmedia, (3) Tracer test), in: Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, XIX,AEHS, p.279-293, 1995.Carrera, J., M.W. Saaltink, y M. Varni, Una ecuación en derivadas parcialespara la edad del agua subterránea (A partial differential equation for7

groundwater age), in: Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, XIX, AEHS,p. 325-334, 1995.Ayora, C., I. Benet, J. Carrera, M. Saaltink, The validity of the local-equilibriumassumption in carbonate systems: The example of dedolomitization,Abstract with programs - Geological Society of America, Vol. 28 Issue 7(Annual Meeting), Denver, p. A-131, 1996.Guimerà, J., M. García-Gutierrez, A. Yllera, J. Carrera, A. Hernandez-Benitez,M. Saaltink, Design, Performance and Interpretation of Tracer Tests at ElBerrocal Site (Spain), NEA/OECD GEOTRAP Workshop, Field TracerExperiments, Role in the Prediction of Radionuclide migration, Germany,pp. 171-187, 1996.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera and C. Ayora, On the numerical formulation ofreactive transport problems, in: Computational Methods in WaterResources XI, Volume 1: Computational Methods in Subsurface Flowand Transport Problems, p. 123-133, 1996.Carrera, J., L. Vives, P. Tume, M. Saaltink, G. Galarza, J. Guimerà and A.Medina, Interpretation of Field Tests in Low Permeability FracturedMedia, Recent Experiences, in: Parameter Identification and InverseProblems in Hydrology, Geology and Ecology, Kluwer, p. 53-70, 1996.Carrera, J., J. Guimerà, M.W. Saaltink, B Ruiz, D. Holmes, P. Hernán,Hydrogeological modeling of El Berrocal site, in: IV Congreso Geológicode España, p. 1630-1633, 1996.Guimerà, J., M. García, M.W. Saaltink, A. Yllera, J. Carrera, J. Bueno, Ensayosde trazadores en medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, ejemplosde proyecto El Berrocal (Tracer test in low permeability fractured media,examples from the El Berrocal project), in: IV Congreso Geológico deEspaña, p. 1634-1637, 1996.Guimerà J., J. Carrera, I. Benet, M. Saaltink, L. Vives, M. Gracía Guitiérrez andM. d'Alessandro, Interpretation of racer tests in a granatic formation (ElBerrocal site, Spain), in: 7th International Symposium on Water Tracing,Portoroz (Slovenia), A. Kranjc (ed.), Balkema, Rotterdam-Brookfield, p.405-414, 1997.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora, P.J. Stuyfzand and H. Timmer, Modelling the effectsof deep artificial recharge on groundwater quality, in: Artificial Rechargeof Groundwater, Proceedings of the third international symposium onartificial recharge TISAR 98, J.H. Peters et al. (eds.), Balkema,Rotterdam-Brookfield, p. 423-425, 1998.Tume, P., L. Vives, M. Saaltink, J. Guimerà y J. Carrera, Ensayos hidráulicosen medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad (Hydraulic tests in lowpermeability fractured media), in: Memorias del 4° CongresoLatinoamericano de Hidrología Subterránea, Montevideo (Uruguay),ALHSUD, p. 1140-1160, 1998.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, I. benet., Modelling reactive transport: comparisonbetween two alternative numerical solutions, In: Research conference ongeochemistry of crustal fluids: characterisation of reactive transport innatural systems, European Science Foundation and EuroconferenceActivity of the European Union, p. 57-57, 1998.Benet, I., M.W. Saaltink, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Parallelisation of RETRASO, acode to model reactive transport of solutes, In: Research conference ongeochemistry of crustal fluids: characterisation of reactive transport in8

natural systems, European Science Foundation and EuroconferenceActivity of the European Union, p. 32-32, 1998.Benet i Llobera, I., C. Ayora Ibáñez, M. Saaltink, A. Medina Sierra, J. CarreraRamírez, Desarrolo de un código de simulación de transporte reactivopara máquinas multiprocesador (Development of a reactive transportsimulation code for multi processor machines), in: La contaminación delas aguas subterráneas, un problema pendiente, 531-538, 1998.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Pyrite oxidation within the soil after a mineaccident in southerm Spain, Chemodynamics & Water Quality Protectionin Porous Media, Workshop Coast Action 67, Mont Sainte-Odile.Abstract, 1999.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, C. Ayora, A Comparison of Two Alternatives toSimulate Reactive Transport in Groundwater, in: Computational Methodsfor Flow and Transport in Porous Media, Giens (France), J.M. Crolet(ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht-Boston-London, p.287-302, 2000.Pérez-Paricio, A., I. Benet, C. Ayora, M. Saaltink and J. Carrera, CLOG: a codeto adress the clogging of artificial recharge systems, in: ComputationalMethods for Flow and Transport in Porous Media, Giens (France), J.M.Crolet (ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht-Boston-London, p.339-352, 2000.Saaltink, M.W., C. Domènech, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Characterisation ofoxidation of sulphide minerals by means of laboratory experiments andmodelling studies, in: Groundwater2000, P.L. Bjerg, P. Engesgaard,T.D. Krom (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam-Brookfield, p. 187-188, 2000.Saaltink, M.W., Modelling of Pyrite oxidation within the Soil, in: Groundwaterecology, A tool for management of water resources, C Griebler, D.L.Danielopol, J. Gibert, H.P. Nachtnebel, J., Notenboom, EuropeanCommision, Directorate-General for Research, Brussels, p. 329-3342001.Carrera,J., A. Alcolea, J. Bolzicco, O. Bernet, C. Knudby, M. Manzano, M.Saaltink, C. Ayora, C. Domenech, J. de Pablo, J. Cortina, G. Coscera, O.Gilbert, J. Galache, A. Silgado, R. Mantecon, An experimentalgeochemical barrier at Aznalcollar. In S. Thornton, S. Oswald (eds.):Groundwater Quality 2001, p. 407-409, 2001.Ayora, C., Salas, J., Saaltink, M.W., Carrera, J., Benet, I., Batlle, F., Modelosde transporte reactivo: RETRASO (Reactive transport models:RETRASO), in: IV Jornadas de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológicoen la Gestión de residuos radioactivos, Volumen III, publicación técnica09/2001. p. 205-225, Enresa, 2001.Carrera, J., Ayora, C., Bolzicco, J., Alcolea, A., Bernet, O., Cortina, J.L.,Coscera, G., de Pablo, J., Doménech, C., Galache, J., Gibert, O.,Knudby, C., Mantecón, R., Manzano, M., Saaltink, M.W., Silgado, A.,Diseño, construcción y resultados preliminares de la barrera geoquímicade Aznalcóllar (Design, construction and preliminary results of thegeochemical barrier of Aznalcóllar), in: Hidrología y Recursos HidráulicosXXIV, p. 281-293, 2001.Saaltink, M.W., Doménech , C., Ayora, C., Carrera, J., Predicción de lameteorización de sulfuros en un suelo no saturado: Resultados demodelación (Prediction of the weathering of sulfides in a unsaturatedsoil: Modeling results), in: Hidrología y Recursos Hidráulicos XXIV, p.793-805, 2001.9

Saaltink, M.W., C. Domènech, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Modelación de la oxidaciónde sulfuros en un suelo no saturado (Modeling sulfide oxidation in anunsaturated soil), in: A. Medina, J. Carrera y L. Vives (eds.), Las carasdel agua subterránea, p.297-302, IGME, Madrid, 2001.Domènech, C., Ayora, C., Saaltink, M.W., Carrera, J., Modelling the oxidationof residual sulphide tailings in soil near Aznalcóllar (southwest Spain), in:Groundwater Quality: Natural and Enhanced Restoration of GroundwaterPollution, S.F. Thornton, S.E. Oswald (eds.), IAHS Publ. no. 275, p. 501-506, 2002.Saaltink, M.W., Carrera, J., Mass balance errors in transient flow and transienttransport models, in: Computational Methods in Water Resources, S.M.Hassanisadeh, R.J. Schotting, W.J. Gray, G.F. Pinder (eds.) Elsevier, p.421-428, 2002.Blanco, A., A. Lloret, J. Carrera, M. W. Saaltink, P. Acero, C. Ayora, J.M. Nieto,Monitorización del movimiento del agua a través de una balsa de lodosresiduales mineros en la faja pirítica ibérica (SO de la península ibérica),En: Jornadas Luso-Espanholas, As Águas Subterrâneas no Sul daPenínsula Ibérica, L. Ribeiro, F. Peixinho de Cristo, B. Andreo, X.Sánchez-Vila, 347-358, Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos,2003.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora, F. Batlle, Modelos de transporte reactivo en la zonano saturada (Reactive transport models in the unsaturated zone), in:Geoestadística y modelos matemáticos en hidrología, J. Mateu, I. Morell(eds.), Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, 199-222, 2003.Bea, S.A., J. Carrera, J.M. Soler, C. Ayora, M.W. Saaltink, Numerical modelingof 137 Cs in an unsaturated soil, in: 9 th International conference onchemistry and migration behavior of actinides and fission products in thegeosphere, Migration '03 (abstracts), p. 187, Gyeongju, 2003.Saaltink, M.W., F. Batlle, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Simulating reactive transport intime dependent multiphase flow problems, in: 9 th Internationalconference on chemistry and migration behavior of actinides and fissionproducts in the geosphere, Migration '03 (abstracts), p. 188, Gyeongju,2003.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, Simulation of reactive transport in groundwater. Acomparison of two calculation methods, in: Ocean Ciculation andpollution Control - A Mathematical and Numerical Investigation, J.Ildefonso Díaz (ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, p. 99-111, 2004.Bea, S.A., J. M. Soler, C. Ayora, J. Carrera., M.W. Saaltink, Modelizaciónhidrogeoquímica de suelos contaminados, En: Vª Jornadas deinvestigación y desarrollo en gestión de residuos radioactivos. VolumenI. Publicaciones Técnicas, 92-103, Enresa, 2004.Bea, S.A., J. Carrera, F. Batlle, C. Ayora, M.W. Saaltink, Chemical system: Anobject orientated framework applied to reactive transport models, In:International congress of the European Geosciences Union, Geophysicalresearch abstracts, vol. 7, 08955, 2005.Gran, M., J. Massana, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, C. Ayora, A.Lloret, Effects of salinity on multiphase flow using open soil columnsunder evaporation conditions, In: International congress of theInternational Geosciences Union, Geophysical research abstracts, vol. 7,03507, 2005.10

Pérez-López, R., J. Cama, J.M. Nieto, M.W. Saaltink, G. Ruiz de Almodóvar,Oxidación de pirita en la zona saturada y mecanismos de atenuación:modelización de transporte reactivo de ensayos en columna, In: J.A.López-Geta, J.C. Rubio and M. Martín Machuca (eds.), VI Simposio delAgua en Andalucía, IGME, 1319-1329, 2005.Massana, J., M. Gran, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, C. Ayora, A.Lloret, Influencia de la salinidad en el flujo multifásico en columnas desuelo abiertas y bajo condiciones de evaporación, in: J. SamperCalvete and A. Paz González (eds.): VII Jornadas sobre Investigación dela Zona no Saturada del Suelo - ZNS'05, 39-44, 2005.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, Reactive transport models without mathematicalsolution, In: proceedings of CMWR XVI - Computational Methods inWater Resources, XVI International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark,June 19-22 2006, 7 pp., available on web: http://proceedings.cmwrxvi.org/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=206&sessionId=12&confId=a051Gamazo, P., M.W. Saaltink, J. Carrera, P. Zuloaga, Modelación de procesos deevaporación y condensacion en el interior de una celda de residuos, in:P. González Fernández, A.M. Laguna, L. Mateos, R. OrdóñezFernández, M.J. Polo, K. Vanderlinden (eds.): Estudios de la zona nosaturada del suelo, Vol. VIII, 319-326, 2007.Gran, M., J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, C. Ayora, C. Bajos, P. Zuloaga, A.Armada, M. Rey, La cobertura de “el cabril”: diseño e instrumentación,in: P. González Fernández, A.M. Laguna, L. Mateos, R. OrdóñezFernández, M.J. Polo, K. Vanderlinden (eds.): Estudios de la zona nosaturada del suelo, Vol. VIII, 327-332, 2007.Acero, P, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, J.M. Nieto, Coupledfluid flow and chemical reactions in unsaturated pyrite tailings, in: Water-Rock Interaction, vols 1 and 2, proceedings, 1311-1314, 2007.Ramón, A., M.W. Saaltink, J.M. García, P. Zuloaga, M. Navarro, M. Ordóñez,Fenómenos de capilaridad en celdas de almacenamiento de El Cabril,in: Nuclear España, 289 bis, 34 Reunión Anual de la SNE, 91-91, 2008.Carrera, J., M. Willmann, X. Sánchez-Vila, O. Silva, M. Saaltink, S. Bea, Nonlocalin time formulations for reactive transport, EGU 2009. GeophysicalResearch Abstracts, Vol. 11, Viena (Austria), 19-24 Abril 2009.Gran, M., J. Carrera, S. Olivella, J. Massana, M. W. Saaltink, C. Ayora, A.Lloret, Salinity is reduced below the evaporation front during soilsalinization, EGU 2009. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, Viena(Austria), 19-24 Abril 2009.Llorens, E., M. Saaltink, J. García. 2009. CMW1-RETRASO: a dynamicnumerical model of subsurface horizontal flow constructed wetlands, in:J.M. Bayona and J. García (eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd WetlandPollutant Dynamics and Control Symposium, WETPOL , 75-76, 2009,ISBN-10: 978-84-692-5587-2.Gran, M., J. Carrera, S. Olivella, J. Massana, M. W. Saaltink, C. Ayora, A.Lloret, Salinity is reduced below the evaporation front during soilsalinization, in: O. Silva Rojas, J. Carrera Ramírez (eds.): Estudios de lazona no saturada del suelo, Vol. IX, 281-287, 2007.11

ManualsAyora, C., I. Benet, M. Saaltink, TRANQUIKIN, Fortran Code for Solving 2DReactive Transport Problems, Users´s guide, E.T.S.I. Caminos, Canalesy Puertos, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Instituto de Cienciasde la Tierra, CSIC, 1996.Saaltink, M., I. Benet, and C. Ayora, RETRASO, Fortran Code for Solving 2DReactive Transport of Solutes, Users´s guide, E.T.S.I. Caminos, Canalesy Puertos, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Instituto de Cienciasde la Tierra, CSIC, 1997.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora, S. Olivella, User's guide for RetrasoCodeBright(RCB), E.T.S.I. Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universitat Politècnica deCatalunya and Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC, 2005.ReportsSaaltink, M.W., Berekening van verspreiding van verontreinigingen in hetgrondwater met behulp van FLOSA-FD met een toepassing rond hetwaterwinbedrijf Wouw-Altena (calculation of the spread of contaminantsin groundwater by means of FLOSA-FD with an application to the watersupply company Wouw-Altena), Stageverslag, TNO Dienst Grondwaterverkenning,1988.Mulder, P.J.M., M.W. Saaltink, Gedevieerd boren, ondiepe toepassingen(Deviated drilling, shallow applications), TNO Instituut voor Grondwateren Geo-energie, Rapport nº OS 89-58, 1989.Saaltink, M.W., R.J. Stuurman, Simulatie van stoftransport in grondwater doormiddel van koppeling van een geografisch informatiesysteem en hetgrondwaterstromingsmodel FLOSA-FD (Simulation of solute transport ingroundwater by coupling a geographical information system and thegroundwater flow model FLOSA-FD), Practische toepassingen van GISen remote sensing voor grondwater en beheer, TNO Instituut voorGrondwater en Geo-energie, 1990.Mulder, P.J.M., E.G. Lekahena, M.W. Saaltink, M.C. Schravesande,Gedevieerd boren, ondiepe toepassingen in Nederland (Deviated drilling,shallow applications in the Netherlands), TNO Instituut voor Grondwateren Geo-energie, Rapport nº OS 90-32, 1990.Saaltink, M.W., Set up of a knowledge based system for modelling transport ofcontaminants in soil and groundwater, TNO Institute of appliedGeoscience, Report nº OS 90-69, 1990.Lucardi, L., E. Hartog, M.W. Saaltink, KGM, a knowledge based system for theselection of groundwater modelcodes, TNO Institute of AppliedComputer Science, Report nº 91 ITI 220, 1990.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, A knowledge based system for modelling soil andgroundwater pollution, final report, TNO Institute of Applied Geoscience,Report nº OS 92-113, 1992.Saaltink, M.W., A.M. ten Dam, Manual for KGM, TNO Institute of AppliedGeoscience, Report nº OS 92-114, 1992.Saaltink, M.W., Tijdsafhankelijkheid van stromingssystemen, tussentijdserapportage (Temporal dependece of flow systems, interim report), TNOInstituut voor Grondwater en Geo-energie, Rapport nº OS 92-103-B,1992.12

Galarza, G., J. Carrera, S. Olivella, M. Saaltink, Estudio de los ascensos denivel observados en el Cabril. I. Análisis de las causas yrecomendaciones (Study of the groundwater level rise observed at elCabril, I. Analysis of the causes and recommendations). Dept. Enginyeriadel Terreny, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1993.Medina, A., M. Saaltink y J. Carrera, Interpretación del ensayo de bombeorealizado en el sondeo S-36bis (El Cabril) durante el verano 1990(Interpretation of the pumping test performed at borehole S-36bis (elCabril) during the summer of 1990), Informe CIMNE, nº IT-121, 1994.Guimerà J., J. Carrera, L. Martínez, M.W. Saaltink, P. Tume, L. Vives, P.Gómez, I. Ortiz, F. Ortuño, E. Floría, L. Lomba, B. Ruiz, A. Tallos, D.Bailey, D. Holmes, B. Klink, S. Rogers, R. Ward, G. Wealthall andP.Hernán, El Berrocal project, Hydrogeology tests task group, finalreport, ENRESA/EC, 1996.Guimerà J., I. Benet, J. Carrera, A. Lascorz, M.W. Saaltink, L. Vives, M. García,A. Hernandez, A. Yllera, P. Gómez, I. Ortiz, B. Ruiz, A. Tallos, M.d'Alessandro, S. Avogrado, F. Mousty, J. Aleixandre, J. Bueno, O.Gonzalez, L. Pintado, F. Sanchidrián, J. Tamarit, P. Grindrod, J. Humm,S.P. Crompton, B. Klink, M. Ivanovich and P. Hernán. El Berrocalproject, Tracer tests task group, final report, ENRESA/EC, 1996.Guimerà, J., L. Vives, M.W. Saaltink, P. Tume, B. Ruiz and J. Carrera,Numerical modeling of pumping tests in fractured low permeabilitymedium, El Berrocal Project, Characterization and validation of naturalradionuclide Migration Processes under Real Conditions on the Fissuredgranatic Environment, Volume IV, Hydrogeological Modelling and CodeDevelopment, Topical report 14, p. 7-90, ENRESA, 1996.Jordana, S., J. Bruno, J.P. Humm, P.C. Robinson, M.W. Saaltink, I. Benet, C.Ayora, J. Carrera, J.M. Cela, J.M. Alfonso, RETACO, Development andparallelisation of reactive transport codes of use in environmentmanagement strategies, PCI-II, First deliverable, Analysis of thesequential codes and proposed strategies for the parallelisation, 1996.Saaltink, M.W., Modelling deep well recharge at Langerak using RETRASO, inArtificial recharge of groundwater, Final report EC project ENV4-CT95-0071, European Commission, Directorate for Research, 278-286, 2001.Saaltink, M.W., X. Sánchez-Vila, J. Carrera, Estudio cualitativo sobre laposibilidad que el agua recogida en la celda 16 proceda de un procesode condensación (Qualitative study on the possibility that the water fromcell 16 comes from a process of condensation), UPC, Departamento deIngeniería del Terreno, Cartográfica y Geofísica, 2005.Massana, J., M.W. Saaltink, Modelo 2d de la celda 16 (2D model of the cellC16), UPC, Departamento de Ingeniería del Terreno, Cartográfica yGeofísica, 2006.Montori, J., M.W. Saaltink, J.M. Soler, Reactive Transport Modeling of theEffect of Hyperalkaline Solutions Along a Fracture at the ONKALO Site,Working Report 2008-14, Posiva Oy, 2008.CongressesVarni, M.R., M.W. Saaltink y J. Carrera, Aplicación de Campos de Velocidadescontinuas al Cálculo de Edades Cinematicas de las aguas Subterráneas13

(Application of continuous velocity fields to the calculation of cinematicages of groundwater), Análisis y Evolución de las Aguas Subterráneas,Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), oral presentation, 1994.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora and J. Carrera, Comparación de Métodos para lasimulación de transporte reactivo multisoluto en el agua subterránea(Comparison of methods for simulating multisolute reactive transport ingroundwater), Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, Sevilla, oralpresentation, 1995.Guimerà, J., M.W. Saaltink, L. Martínez, J. Carrera y P. Gómez, Hidrogeologíade medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, (1) Modelo conceptual(Hydrogeology of low permeability fractured media, (1) Conceptualmodel), Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, VI Simposio deHidrogeología, Sevilla, oral presentation, 1995.Vives, L., P. Tume, M.W. Saaltink, J. Guimerà y J. Carrera, Hidrogeología demedios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, (2) Ensayos hidraulicos(Hydrogeology of low permeability fractured media, (2) Hydraulic test),Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, VI Simposio de Hidrogeología,Sevilla, oral presentation, 1995.Guimerà, J., L. Vives, M.W. Saaltink, I. Benet, J. Carrera, M. García y J. Bueno,Hidrogeología de medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, (3)Ensayos de trazadores (Hydrogeology of low permeability fracturedmedia, (3) Tracer test), Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, VISimposio de Hidrogeología, Sevilla, oral presentation, 1995.Carrera, J., M.W. Saaltink, y M. Varni, Una ecuación en derivadas parcialespara la edad del agua subterránea (An partial differential equation forgroundwater age), Hidrogeología y Recursos Hidráulicos, VI Simposio deHidrogeología, Sevilla, oral presentation, 1995.Gutiérrez, M.G., J. Guimerà and M.W. Saaltink, Tracer test at El Berrocal site,Fifth international conference on the chemistry and migration behaviourof actinides and fission products, MIGRATION 95, Saint-Malo, oralpresentation, 1995.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera and C. Ayora, On the numerical formulation ofreactive transport problems, Computational Methods in Water ResourcesXI, Volume 1: Computational Methods in Subsurface Flow and TransportProblems, Cancún, invited speaker, 1996.Carrera, J., J. Guimerà, M.W. Saaltink, B Ruiz, D. Holmes, P. Hernán,Hydrogeological modeling of El Berrocal site, IV Congreso Geológico deEspaña, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), oral presentation, 1996.Guimerà, J., M. García, M.W. Saaltink, A. Yllera, J. Carrera, J. Bueno, Ensayosde trazadores en medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad, ejemplosde proyecto El Berrocal (Tracer test in low permeability fractured media,examples from the El Berrocal project), IV Congreso Geológico deEspaña, Alcalá de Henares, oral presentation, 1996.Carrera, J., L. Vives, P. Tume, M. Saaltink, G. Galarza,. J. Guimerà and A.Medina, Interpretation of Field Tests in Low Permeability FracturedMedia, Recent Experiences, Parameter Identification and InverseProblems in Hydrology, Geology and Ecology, Karlsruhe, oralpresentation, 1996.14

Guimerà, J., M. García-Gutiérrez, J. Carrera, I. Benet, M. Saaltink, L. Vives andM. d'Alessandro, Design, Performance and Interpretation of Tracerstests at El Berrocal Site (Spain), GEOTRAP, oral presentation, 1996.Ayora, C., C. Tabernet, I. Benet, J. Carrera and M. Saaltink, The validity of thelocal equilibrium assumption in carbonate systems, Abstract, GSAAnnual Meeting, Session 49: Application of Reactive Transport Modelingto Natural Systems, oral presentation, 1996.Guimerà J., J. Carrera, I. Benet, M. Saaltink, L. Vives, M. Gracía Guitiérrez andM. d'Alessandro, Interpretation of racer tests in a granatic formation (ElBerrocal site, Spain), 7th International Symposium on Water Tracing,Portoroz (Slovenia), oral presentation, May 1997.Saaltink, M.W., Simulation of Reactive Transport in Groundwater, AComparison of two Methods, Diderot Mathematical Forum, Mathematicsand the Environment, Amsterdam-Madrid-Venice, invited speaker, 1997.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, C. Ayora, Modelling Reactive Transport:Comparison between two Alternative Numerical Solutions, EuropeanResearch Conference, Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids, Characterizationof Reactive Transport in Natural Systems, Aghia Pelaghia, Crete(Greece), Poster, May 1998.Benet, I., M.W. Saaltink, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Parallelisation of RETRASO, acode to model reactive transport of solutes, European ResearchConference, Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids, Characterization ofReactive Transport in Natural Systems, Aghia Pelaghia, Crete (Greece),Poster, May 1998.Benet i Llobera, I., C. Ayora Ibáñez, M. Saaltink, A. Medina Sierra, J. CarreraRamírez, Desarrolo de un código de simulación de transporte reactivopara máquinas multiprocesador (Development of a reactive transportsimulation code for multi processor machines), La contaminación de lasaguas subterráneas, un problema pendiente, Valencia, oral presentation,June 1998.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora, P.J. Stuyfzand and H. Timmer, Modelling the effectsof deep artificial recharge on groundwater quality, Third InternationalSymposium on Artificial Recharge (TISAR), Amsterdam, poster,September 1998.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, C. Ayora, A Comparison of Two Alternatives toSimulate Reactive Transport in Groundwater, Computational Methods forFlow and Transport in Porous Media, Giens (France), oral presentation,September-October 1998.Pérez-Paricio, A., I. Benet, C. Ayora, M. Saaltink and J. Carrera, CLOG: a codeto adress the clogging of artificial recharge systems. ComputationalMethods for Flow and Transport in Porous Media, Giens (France), oralpresentation, September-October 1998.Tume, P., L. Vives, M. Saaltink, J. Guimerà y J. Carrera, Ensayos hidráulicosen medios fracturados de baja permeabilidad (Hydraulic tests in lowpermeability fractured media), 4° Congreso Latinoamericano deHidrología Subterránea, ALHSUD, Montevideo (Uruguay), oralpresentation, November 1998.Saaltink, M.W., C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Pyrite oxidation within the soil after a mineaccident in southern Spain, Chemodynamics & Water Quality Protection15

in Porous Media, Workshop, Cost Action 67, Mont Sainte-Odile (France),invited speaker, December 1999.Saaltink, M.W., C. Domènech, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Characterisation ofoxidation of sulphide minerals by means of laboratory experiments andmodelling studies, Groundwater2000, Copenhagen, oral presentation,June 2000.Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Salas, J., Carrera, J., Benet, I., Batlle, F., Modelosde transporte reactivo: RETRASO (Reactive transport models:RETRASO), IV Jornadas de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en laGestión de residuos radioactivos, Barcelona, oral presentation,November 2001.Domènech, C., Ayora, C., Saaltink, M.W., Carrera, J., Modelling the oxidationof residual sulphide tailings in soil near Aznalcóllar (southwest Spain),poster, Groundwater Quality 2001, Sheffield, 2001.Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Modelización hidrogeológica: serie TRANSIN-RETRASO (Hydrogeological modelling: TRANSIN-RETRASO series), IVJornadas de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en la Gestión deresiduos radioactivos, Barcelona, poster, November 2001.Carrera, J., Ayora, C., Bolzicco, J., Alcolea, A., Bernet, O., Cortina, J.L.,Coscera, G., de Pablo, J., Doménech, C., Galache, J., Gibert, O.,Knudby, C., Mantecón, R., Manzano, M., Saaltink, M.W., Silgado, A.,Diseño, construcción y resultados preliminares de la barrera geoquímicade Aznalcóllar (Design, construction and preliminary results of thegeochemical barrier of Aznalcóllar), Hidrología y Recursos Hidráulicos,VII Simposio de Hidrogeología, Murcia, oral presentation, 2001.Saaltink, M.W., Doménech, C., Ayora, C., Carrera, J., Predicción de lameteorización de sulfuros en un suelo no saturado: Resultados demodelación (Prediction of the weathering of sulfides in a unsaturatedsoil: Modeling results), in: Hidrología y Recursos Hidráulicos, VIISimposio de Hidrogeología, Murcia, oral presentation, 2001.Saaltink, M.W., C. Domènech, C. Ayora, J. Carrera, Modelación de la oxidaciónde sulfuros en un suelo no saturado (Modelling sulphide oxidation in anunsaturated soil), Las caras del agua subterránea, congreso en memoriade Germán Galarza, Barcelona, oral presentation, 2001.Saaltink, M.W., Carrera, J., Mass balance errors in transient flow and transienttransport models, XIV International Conference on ComputationalMethods in Water Resources, Delft, oral presentation, 2002.Marcuello, A., Gómez, P., Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Carrera, J., Multicomponentreactive transport modelling at the Ratones Uranium Mine(Spain), Goldschmidt 2002, Davos, poster, 2002.Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Stuyfzand, P.J., Timmer, H., Calibration of a reactivetransport model to interpret a deep-well-recharge field experiment atLangerak (the Netherlands), Goldschmidt 2002, Davos, oralpresentation, 2002.Saaltink, M.W., Ayora, C., Batlle, F., Modelos de transporte reactivo en la zonano saturada (Reactive transport models in the unsaturated zone),Geoestadística y Modelos Matemáticos en Hidrogeología, Castellón,invited speaker, 2003.Blanco, A., Lloret, A., Carrera, J., Saaltink, M.W., Acero, P., Ayora, C., Nieto,J.M., Monitorización del movimiento del agua a través de una balsa de16

lodos residuales mineros en la faja pirítica ibérica (SO de la penínsuloibérica), Jornadas Luso-Españolas sobre Aguas Subterráneas en el Surde la Península Ibérica, Faro, oral presentation, 2003.Saaltink, M.W., Carrera, J., Transporte reactivo bajo condiciones cíclicas desaturación. Aplicación a la oxidación de piritas en una balsa de estériles(Reactive transport under cyclic saturation conditions. Application topyrite oxidation in a tailing pound), ZNS'03, Jornadas de Investigación enla Zona no Saturada del suelo, Valladolid, invited speaker (Carrera),2003.Saaltink, M.W., Batlle, F., Ayora, C., Carrera, J., Simulating reactive transport intime dependent multiphase flow problems, Migration '03, 9 th InternationalConference on the Chemistry and Migration Behavior of Actinides andFission Products in the Geosphere, Gyeongju (Korea) poster, 2003.Bea, S.A., J. Carrera, F. Batlle, C. Ayora, M.W. Saaltink, Chemical system: Anobject orientated framework applied to reactive transport models,International congress of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, oralpresentation, 2005.Gran, M., J. Massana, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, C. Ayora, A.Lloret, Effects of salinity on multiphase flow using open soil columnsunder evaporation conditions, International congress of the InternationalGeosciences Union, Vienna, oral presentation, 2005.Pérez-López, R., J. Cama, J.M. Nieto, M.W. Saaltink, G. Ruiz de Almodóvar,Oxidación de pirita en la zona saturada y mecanismos de atenuación:modelización de transporte reactivo de ensayos en columna, VISimposio del Agua en Andalucía, Sevilla, oral presentation, 2005.Massana, J., M. Gran, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, C. Ayora, A.Lloret, Influencia de la salinidad en el flujo multifásico en columnas desuelo abiertas y bajo condiciones de evaporación, VII Jornadas sobreInvestigación de la Zona no Saturada del Suelo - ZNS'05, La Coruña,oral presentation, 2005.Zuloaga, P., C. Andrade, M.W. Saaltink, Long Term Water Flow Scenario inLow-Level Waste Disposal Vaults, with particular regard to ConcreteStructures in El Cabril, Cordoba, Spain, Corrosion and Long TermPerformance of Concrete in Nuclear Power Plants and Waste Facilities(NUCPERF2006), Cadarache (France), oral presentation, 2006.Saaltink, M.W., J. Carrera, Reactive transport models without mathematicalsolution, Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR XVI),Copenhagen, oral presentation, 2006.Acero P., C. Ayora, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, J.M. Nieto, Coupledfluid flow and chemical reactions in unsaturated pyrite tailing, 12 thInternational Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-12), Kunming(People R. China), oral presentation, 2007.Gamazo, P., M.W. Saaltink, J. Carrera, P. Zuloaga, Modelación de procesos deevaporación y condensacion en el interior de una celda de residuos,Jornadas de Investigación en la Zona no Saturada del Suelo - ZNS'07,Córdoba, oral presentation, 2007.Gran, M., J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, C. Ayora, C. Bajos, P. Zuloaga, A.Armada, M. Rey, La cobertura de “el cabril”: diseño e instrumentación,Jornadas de Investigación en la Zona no Saturada del Suelo - ZNS'07,Córdoba, oral presentation, 2007.17

Acero P., C. Ayora, J. Carrera, M.W. Saaltink, S. Olivella, Modeling theinteraction between geochemical and hydraulic processes duringevaporation in tailings, 8 th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference,Vancouver (Canada), oral presentation, 2008.Ramón, A., M.W. Saaltink, J.M. García, P. Zuloaga, M. Navarro, M. Ordóñez,Fenómenos de capilaridad en celdas de almacenamiento de El Cabril,34 Reunión Anual de la SNE, Murcia, 2008.Llorens, E., M. Saaltink, J. García. 2009. CMW1-RETRASO: a dynamicnumerical model of subsurface horizontal flow constructed wetlands, 3rdWetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control Symposium WETPOL 2009,Barcelona, Oral presentation, 2009.18