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Offshore fresh groundwater reserves as a global phenomenon

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  • Vincent E.A. Post

    (School of the Environment, Flinders University
    National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training)

  • Jacobus Groen

    (VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Critical Zone Hydrology Group
    Acacia Water)

  • Henk Kooi

    (VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Critical Zone Hydrology Group)

  • Mark Person

    (New Mexico Tech)

  • Shemin Ge

    (University of Colorado)

  • W. Mike Edmunds

    (University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment)

Abstract

The flow of terrestrial groundwater to the sea is an important natural component of the hydrological cycle. This process, however, does not explain the large volumes of low-salinity groundwater that are found below continental shelves. There is mounting evidence for the global occurrence of offshore fresh and brackish groundwater reserves. The potential use of these non-renewable reserves as a freshwater resource provides a clear incentive for future research. But the scope for continental shelf hydrogeology is broader and we envisage that it can contribute to the advancement of other scientific disciplines, in particular sedimentology and marine geochemistry.

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  • Vincent E.A. Post & Jacobus Groen & Henk Kooi & Mark Person & Shemin Ge & W. Mike Edmunds, 2013. "Offshore fresh groundwater reserves as a global phenomenon," Nature, Nature, vol. 504(7478), pages 71-78, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:504:y:2013:i:7478:d:10.1038_nature12858
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12858
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    3. Mahfuzur R Khan & Fuad Hasan & Majidul Islam & Masuma Chowdhury & Sumiya Sadeak & Al Amin & Farhad Hossain & Kazi Matin Ahmed, 2022. "Potential Impacts of Industrialization on Coastal Fresh Groundwater Resources in Bangladesh," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-17, July.

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