Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5337-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5337-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
Research article
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05 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 05 Oct 2021

Preferential pathways for fluid and solutes in heterogeneous groundwater systems: self-organization, entropy, work

Erwin Zehe, Ralf Loritz, Yaniv Edery, and Brian Berkowitz

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This study uses the concepts of entropy and work to quantify and explain the emergence of preferential flow and transport in heterogeneous saturated porous media. We found that the downstream concentration of solutes in preferential pathways implies a downstream declining entropy in the transverse distribution of solute transport pathways. Preferential flow patterns with lower entropies emerged within media of higher heterogeneity – a stronger self-organization despite a higher randomness.
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