Sources of deep groundwater salinity in the southwestern zone of Bangladesh

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-373

  Rahman, Mirza A T M Tanvir ^a   Majumder, Ratan Kumar ^b   Rahman, Syed Hafizur ^a   Halim, Md Abdul ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Deep groundwater; Paleo brackish; Rock dissolution; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BRACKISH WATER; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; PALEO-BRACKISH; ROCK DISSOLUTION; SALINITY; SILICATE WEATHERING; STUDY AREAS;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATES; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ANION; AQUIFER; BRACKISH WATER; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SALINITY; SILICATE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79955058503     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0707-z     Document Type: Article

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