Demystifying the decadal shift in the extent of groundwater in the coastal aquifers of Gujarat, India: A case of reduced extent but increased magnitude of seawater …

M Kumar, DP Panday, C Bhagat, N Herbha… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Catastrophic increase in urbanisation and industrialisation along the coastal region leads to
increased stress on groundwater reservoirs worldwide. As a growing economy, India faces …

Seawater intrusion decreases the metal toxicity but increases the ecological risk and degree of treatment for coastal groundwater: An Indian perspective

C Bhagat, M Kumar, J Mahlknecht, R Hdeib… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminant vulnerability in the critical zones like groundwater (GW)-seawater (SW)
continuum along the entire Gujarat coast was investigated for the first time through an …

Fresh and recirculated submarine groundwater discharge zones along the central west coast of India

R Prakash, VJ Loveson, PM Kessarkar, A Kumar… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study area receives an average of 2840.0 mm of rainfall within four months every year.
A portion of the rainwater is flown to the sea as surface water, and the other part is …

Maritime disasters and pollution: X-Press Pearl maritime debacle

M Vithanage, A de Alwis, R Cumaranatunga… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ocean ecosystems and global well-being are connected and significant. Over the past few
decades, shipping accidents have caused severe marine pollution all over the world, and …

Unravelling the signatures of submarine groundwater discharge and seawater intrusion along the coastal plains of Odisha, India: a multi-proxy approach

SK Nayak, JR Nandimandalam - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) and Seawater Intrusion (SWI) are two
contrary hydrological processes that occur across the land-sea continuum and …

Development of index for delineation of potential submarine groundwater discharge zones along the coast

C Bhagat, A Misra, PK Mohapatra, M Kumar - International Conference on …, 2021 - Springer
Presently, there are limited techniques to identify submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)
zones in the coastal regions due to the dynamic and invisible nature of the phenomenon …