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Megacity pumping and preferential flow threaten groundwater quality

Many of the world's megacities depend on groundwater from geologically complex aquifers that are over-exploited and threatened by contamination. Here, using the example of Dhaka, Bangladesh, we illustrate how interactions between aquifer heterogeneity and groundwater exploitation jeopardize gro...

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Autores principales: Khan, Mahfuzur R., Koneshloo, Mohammad, Knappett, Peter S. K., Ahmed, Kazi M., Bostick, Benjamin C., Mailloux, Brian J., Mozumder, Rajib H., Zahid, Anwar, Harvey, Charles F., van Geen, Alexander, Michael, Holly A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27673729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12833