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International Journal of Geosciences, 2011, 2, 457-467 457 doi:10.4236/ijg.2011.24048 Published Online November 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ijg) Comparative Study of Analytical Solutions for Time-Dependent Solute Transport along Unsteady Groundwater Flow in Semi-infinite Aquifer * Mritunjay Kumar Singh , Nav Kumar Mahato, Priyanka Kumari Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India E-mail : *drmks29@ Received June 29, 2011; revised August 6, 2011; accepted September 12, 2011 Abstract A comparative study is made among Laplace Transform Technique (LTT) and Fourier Transform Technique (FTT) to obtain one-dimensional analytical solution for conservative solute transport along unsteady ground- water flow in semi-infinite aquifer. The time-dependent source of contaminant concentration is considered at the origin and at the other end of the aquifer is supposed to be zero. Initially, aquifer is not solute free which means that the solute concentration exits in groundwater system and it is assumed as a uniform concentration. The aquifer is considered homogeneous and semi-infinite. The time-dependent velocity expressions are con- sidered. The result may be used as preliminary predictive tools in groundwater management and benchmark the numerical code and solutions. Keywords: Solute Transport, Unsteady, Aquifer, Analytical Solutions 1. Introduction nation of the subsurface environment. Hydrologist, Civil engineers, Scientists etc. are doing their best to solve this As we know, groundwater constituents a