Feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields

<p>Our study investigates interplays between dissolution, precipitation, and transport processes taking place across randomly heterogeneous conductivity domains and the ensuing spatial distribution of preferential pathways. We do so by relying on a collection of computational analyses of react...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:553ee3ffc99a41fa9ed38531102d9c322021-11-11T13:43:20ZFeedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields10.5194/hess-25-5905-20211027-56061607-7938https://doaj.org/article/553ee3ffc99a41fa9ed38531102d9c322021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://hess.copernicus.org/articles/25/5905/2021/hess-25-5905-2021.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1027-5606https://doaj.org/toc/1607-7938<p>Our study investigates interplays between dissolution, precipitation, and transport processes taking place across randomly heterogeneous conductivity domains and the ensuing spatial distribution of preferential pathways. We do so by relying on a collection of computational analyses of reactive transport performed in two-dimensional systems where the (natural) logarithm of conductivity is characterized by various degrees of spatial heterogeneity. Our results document that precipitation and dissolution jointly take place in the system, with the latter mainly occurring along preferential flow paths associated with the conductivity field and the former being observed at locations close to and clearly separated from these. High conductivity values associated with the preferential flow paths tend to further increase in time, giving rise to a self-sustained feedback between transport and reaction processes. The clear separation between regions where dissolution or precipitation takes place is imprinted onto the sample distributions of conductivity which tend to become visibly left skewed with time (with the appearance of a bimodal behavior at some times). The link between conductivity changes and reaction-driven processes promotes the emergence of non-Fickian effective transport features. The latter can be captured through a continuous-time random-walk model where solute travel times are approximated with a truncated power law probability distribution. The parameters of such a model shift towards values associated with increasingly high non-Fickian effective transport behavior as time progresses.</p>Y. EderyM. StolarG. PortaA. GuadagniniCopernicus PublicationsarticleTechnologyTEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066Geography. Anthropology. RecreationGEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350ENHydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 25, Pp 5905-5915 (2021)
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Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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Y. Edery
M. Stolar
G. Porta
A. Guadagnini
Feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields
description <p>Our study investigates interplays between dissolution, precipitation, and transport processes taking place across randomly heterogeneous conductivity domains and the ensuing spatial distribution of preferential pathways. We do so by relying on a collection of computational analyses of reactive transport performed in two-dimensional systems where the (natural) logarithm of conductivity is characterized by various degrees of spatial heterogeneity. Our results document that precipitation and dissolution jointly take place in the system, with the latter mainly occurring along preferential flow paths associated with the conductivity field and the former being observed at locations close to and clearly separated from these. High conductivity values associated with the preferential flow paths tend to further increase in time, giving rise to a self-sustained feedback between transport and reaction processes. The clear separation between regions where dissolution or precipitation takes place is imprinted onto the sample distributions of conductivity which tend to become visibly left skewed with time (with the appearance of a bimodal behavior at some times). The link between conductivity changes and reaction-driven processes promotes the emergence of non-Fickian effective transport features. The latter can be captured through a continuous-time random-walk model where solute travel times are approximated with a truncated power law probability distribution. The parameters of such a model shift towards values associated with increasingly high non-Fickian effective transport behavior as time progresses.</p>
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author Y. Edery
M. Stolar
G. Porta
A. Guadagnini
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title Feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields
title_short Feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields
title_full Feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields
title_fullStr Feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields
title_full_unstemmed Feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields
title_sort feedback mechanisms between precipitation and dissolution reactions across randomly heterogeneous conductivity fields
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publishDate 2021
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