Source, transport, and evolution of saline groundwater in a shallow Holocene aquifer on the tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5791-5805

  Worland, Scott C ^a,b   Hornberger, George M ^a,b   Goodbred, Steven L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; delta; groundwater; salinity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; SALINE WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER;

BANGLADESH; DELTA; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; SALINITY; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; SUB-SURFACE MAPPING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DELTA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; METEORIC WATER; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84939442281     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016262     Document Type: Article

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