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Tracing recharge to aquifers beneath an Asian megacity with Cl/Br and stable isotopes: the example of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Source :
- Hydrogeology Journal. 22:1549-1560
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014.
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Abstract
- Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is home to a population of 15 million people, whose water supply is 85% drawn from groundwater in aquifers that underlie the city. Values of Cl/Br >500 are common in groundwater beneath western Dhaka in areas
- Subjects :
- Hydrology
education.field_of_study
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Population
Aquifer
Groundwater recharge
Connate fluids
Salinity
Infiltration (hydrology)
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Environmental science
education
Effluent
Groundwater
Water Science and Technology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14350157 and 14312174
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hydrogeology Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........10ba22bd60ed47d496fc4348e3662223