Groundwater salinity variation in Upazila Assasuni  (southwestern Bangladesh), as steered by surface clay layer thickness, relative elevation and present-day land use

Naus, Floris Loys; Schot, Paul; Groen, Koos; Ahmed, Kazi Matin; Griffioen, Jasper

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1431-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1431-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1431-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 3

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14 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2019

Groundwater salinity variation in Upazila Assasuni (southwestern Bangladesh), as steered by surface clay layer thickness, relative elevation and present-day land use

Floris Loys Naus, Paul Schot, Koos Groen, Kazi Matin Ahmed, and Jasper Griffioen

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RC1: 'Review of Naus et al. (2018)', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Floris Naus, 05 Feb 2019
SC1: 'review paper', Saif Rafi, 11 Dec 2018
SC2: 'review paper', Saif Rafi, 11 Dec 2018
SC3: 'Paper review', saif Rafi, 12 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to short comment 1 by Saif Rafi', Floris Naus, 05 Feb 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (06 Feb 2019) by Nandita Basu

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ED: Publish as is (05 Mar 2019) by Nandita Basu

AR by Floris Naus on behalf of the Authors (06 Mar 2019)

Short summary

In this paper, we postulate a possible evolution of the groundwater salinity around a village in southwestern Bangladesh, based on high-density fieldwork. We identified that the thickness of the surface clay layer, the surface elevation and the present-day land use determine whether fresh or saline groundwater has formed. The outcomes show how the large groundwater salinity variation in southwestern Bangladesh can be understood, which is valuable for the water management in the region.