A three-dimensional palaeohydrogeological reconstruction of the groundwater salinity distribution in the Nile Delta Aquifer

van Engelen, Joeri; Verkaik, Jarno; King, Jude; Nofal, Eman R.; Bierkens, Marc F. P.; Oude Essink, Gualbert H. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-5175-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-5175-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-5175-2019

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

Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

Research article

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19 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 19 Dec 2019

A three-dimensional palaeohydrogeological reconstruction of the groundwater salinity distribution in the Nile Delta Aquifer

Joeri van Engelen, Jarno Verkaik, Jude King, Eman R. Nofal, Marc F. P. Bierkens, and Gualbert H. P. Oude Essink

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer report', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Joeri van Engelen, 10 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of van Engelen et al. A three-dimensional palaeo-reconstruction of the groundwater salinity distribution in the Nile Delta Aquifer', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jun 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Joeri van Engelen, 10 Jul 2019
AC3: 'Final author comment to the Editor', Joeri van Engelen, 10 Jul 2019
- AC4: 'Correction: Final author comment to the Editor', Joeri van Engelen, 10 Jul 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (22 Jul 2019) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by Joeri van Engelen on behalf of the Authors (22 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Jul 2019) by Insa Neuweiler

RR by Leanne Morgan (04 Aug 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Sep 2019)

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (18 Sep 2019) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by Joeri van Engelen on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Sep 2019) by Insa Neuweiler

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Oct 2019) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by Joeri van Engelen on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Nov 2019) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by Joeri van Engelen on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The Nile Delta is an important agricultural area with a fast-growing population, relying increasingly on groundwater. However, saline groundwater extends far land-inward, rendering groundwater close to the coastal zone useless for consumption or agriculture. It normally is assumed that this is caused by mixing due to velocity differences, but here we show that it might also be caused by the coastline being located more land-inward 8000 years ago.