Tsunami-induced groundwater salinization in southeastern India

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-346

  Violette, Sophie ^a   Boulicot, Gilles ^b   Gorelick, Steven M ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Auroville Water Harvest   (India)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Field measurement; India; Modeling; Salinity; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; EARTHQUAKE; GROUNDWATER; MODELING; SALINIZATION; TSUNAMI; WATER QUALITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 67349089520     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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