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Heterogeneity is crucial for predication of flow and contaminant transport in subsurface formations. To characterize the heterogeneous architecture, the relationship between multimodal correlation of hydraulic conductivity (K) and plume dispersion is investigated through integration of experimental, theoretical, and numerical simulation approaches. The spatial correlation structure of K in a heterogeneous sedimentary column is investigated by analyzing the covariance components and transition probability structures. The detailed sedimentary facies data of the column ensures the accuracy of heterogeneous sediment characterization. Lagrangian-based transport models were developed to estimate solute dispersion in non-reactive tracer injection experiments. The results show that the model successively predict the solute transport when the spatial correlation structure is well-defined. Dispersivity estimated by the …