Groundwater of the municipalities of southwestern coastal Bangladesh

Surface and Sub-surface Water in Asia - Issues and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 120-145

  Datta, Dilip Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Prosun Kumar ^a  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Coastal Bangladesh; Ganges delta; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; Municipalities of southwestern coastal Bangladesh

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); POSITIVE IONS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SILICATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHERING;

BANGLADESH; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; GANGES DELTA; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84947719141     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-540-1-120     Document Type: Chapter

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