Towards a Theory of Solitary Shock Waves of Fluid Pressure and Solute Density in Geologic Porous Media

In this paper we analyze the presence of “Burgers solitons” in geologic porous rocks. These are quick, strong transients of combined fluid pressure and solute density that are generated from an adjacent matrix, characterized by an intense pressure and contaminant density. The effect that produces such transients is a nonlinear advection process that is not often taken into account in hydrologic science. A brief analysis of solitons in Pierre Shale is also shown in the paper.