Hydrologic properties that govern fluid flow through the subsurface are por
osity, permeability, relative permeability, fluid-fluid and fluid-solid int
erfacial areas, pore and particle size distributions, which may change due
to dissolution/precipitation of minerals, fine particle release and capture
, ion exchange, and clay swelling. Provided here is a review on the change
of hydrologic properties in subsurface media due to chemical processes, and
the modeling of such changes. Precipitation and dissolution processes affe
cting the hydrologic properties, their kinetics and the effect of hydrodyna
mic factors on such processes are discussed. Precipitation in carbonaceous,
siliceous, alkaline and acidic environments, and the role of dissolution a
nd clay swelling in formation damage are reviewed. Changes in properties of
unsaturated and fractured media were also discussed. Traditionally, differ
ent approaches were used to model various physico-chemical processes and th
eir effect on the hydrologic properties. A detailed review of these methods
, including the geochemical equilibrium and kinetic models, chemical divide
pathway models, flow and transport models, precipitation/dissolution wave
theory, network models, porosity and permeability reduction models, is pres
ented. Recommendations are provided for the assessment of changes in the hy
drologic properties of subsurface media attributable to chemical reactions,
and modeling flow and transport in their presence. Further, research needs
on the changes in hydrologic properties and constitutive relationships amo
ng such properties in unsaturated media are identified.