1950
DOI: 10.1029/tr031i001p00058
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An occurrence of saline ground water on Guadalcanal

Abstract: Guadalcanal Island is largely mountainous, but on the north side there is a coastal plain about 40 mi long which averages eight miles in width and stands a about 15 ft above sea level. This plain is composed of the coalesced deltas of several large rivers. Most of the military installations of World War II were located on this plain near its western end. Wells drilled for water supply disclosed a body of saline ground water between the Lunga and Nalimbu Rivers. The saline water probably is ocean water that was… Show more

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“…1 have identified specimens from a well drilled on the coastal plain of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands(Baker, 1950). The shells were recovered from a depth of 380-400 feet.…”
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“…1 have identified specimens from a well drilled on the coastal plain of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands(Baker, 1950). The shells were recovered from a depth of 380-400 feet.…”
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“…R.C. Baker investigated the occurrence of saline groundwater on Guadalcanal (Baker 1950). Baker's report determined the extent of saline groundwater on the coastal plain occupying the north side of the island where most military forces were located (Fig.…”
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“…Iso-salinity contours for an area of coastal plain on the northern portion of Guadalcanal, as shown in the inset, during World War II (fromBaker 1950).…”
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