Hydrogeology of Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati  

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Taylor, F.J. | Jacobson, G.

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Tarawa is a coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands; it consists of a number of low islands, several of which contain discrete freshwater lenses overlying salt water. Resistivity depth probes indicate that the largest untapped lens is on the northern island of Buariki, and that this lens is up to 29m thick. The total safe yield of the Tarawa freshwater lenses is probably more than 12 1/s,and there is scope for the present groundwater development system of infiltration galleries to be extended.

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1981-01-01T00:00:00

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Record 1981/031

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