Crab burrows as conduits for groundwater-surface water exchange in Bangladesh

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8342-8347

  Stahl, Mason O ^a   Tarek, M H ^b   Yeo, Darren C J ^c   Badruzzaman, A B M ^b   Harvey, Charles F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

animal burrows; Bangladesh; ponds; preferential flow; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BUDGET CONTROL; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PONDING; SHELLFISH; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATERS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATER BODY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

DRY SEASON; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER EXCHANGE;

BANGLADESH;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84921568131     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061626     Document Type: Article

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