@article{fdi:010078149,
  title = {{R}ecent salinity intrusion in the {B}engal delta : observations and possible causes},
  author = {{S}herin, {V}. {R}. and {D}urand, {F}abien and {P}apa, {F}abrice and {S}aiful {I}slam, {A}. {K}. {M}. and {G}opalakrishna, {V}. {V}. and {K}haki, {M}. and {S}uneel, {V}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}alinization stands among the most prominent environmental hazards of the largest delta on {E}arth, the {B}engal delta. {I}t has significant impacts on the local societies and the economy. {U}sing an unprecedented collection of in situ river salinity records over the {B}engal delta, extending from the {H}ooghly estuary in the west to the {M}eghna estuary in the east, we report a sudden salinization of the central part of the delta that occurred in 2006-2007. {T}his results in a sudden landward shift of the seasonal march of the salinity front by about 20 km, taking place in the pre-monsoon season. {S}uch a regime shift was never reported before. {W}e investigate the various drivers of this sudden change and identify three possible forcing factors: the decrease in {G}anges freshwater discharge, the rise of sea level and the depletion of the groundwater level. {T}hese factors may act independently, or in concert. {G}iven the threat of the ongoing climate change and its cohort of adverse effects expected in the course of the 21st century in the {B}engal delta, our study contributes to set the observational basis for the development of the next generation of salinization modeling platforms.},
  keywords = {{S}alinization ; {B}engal ; {G}anges-brahmaputra-meghna ; {S}ea level rise ; {INDE} ; {BENGLADESH} ; {BENGAL} {DELTA} ; {GANGES} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {BRAHMAPOUTRE} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {MEGHNA} {COURS} {D}'{EAU}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ontinental {S}helf {R}esearch},
  volume = {202},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 104142 [10 p.]},
  ISSN = {0278-4343},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.csr.2020.104142},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078149},
}