MT3DMS
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The facts
Each one read from MT3DMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional transport options
- MT3DMS supports options for nonequilibrium sorption and dual-domain advection-diffusion mass transport.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Advection scheme
- MT3DMS includes a third-order TVD advection scheme designed to conserve mass while limiting numerical dispersion and artificial oscillation.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Availability note
- The original MT3DMS website is no longer affiliated with the University of Alabama.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Intended use
- The cited publication discusses MT3DMS calibration and validation for field applications.checked 14 Nov 2026
- MODFLOW features
- MT3DMS supports MODFLOW hydrologic and discretization features.checked 14 Nov 2026
- MODFLOW interface
- MT3DMS interfaces directly with MODFLOW for its groundwater-flow solution.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- MT3DMS is a three-dimensional multi-species solute transport model for contaminants in saturated groundwater flow systems.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Reaction packages
- Its modular program structure can accommodate add-on packages for general biological and geochemical reactions.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Research and field use
- MT3DMS has been used in research projects and practical field applications.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Solver
- MT3DMS includes an iterative solver based on generalized conjugate-gradient methods and Lanczos/ORTHOMIN acceleration.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Support
- The USGS states that MT3DMS is not a USGS product and that it cannot provide MT3DMS support.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Transport methods
- MT3DMS includes multiple transport solution techniques in one code.checked 14 Nov 2026