W. G. Burgess

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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W. G. Burgess is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. G. Burgess has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 20 papers in Environmental Engineering and 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. G. Burgess's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (21 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (13 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (10 papers). W. G. Burgess is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (21 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (13 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (10 papers). W. G. Burgess collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Bangladesh and United States. W. G. Burgess's co-authors include Kazi Matin Ahmed, Ross T. Nickson, Peter Ravenscroft, J.M. McArthur, Mohammad Shamsudduha, M. A. Hoque, Richard G. Taylor, Dan Lapworth, Abhijit Mukherjee and W.M. Edmunds and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific Reports and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. G. Burgess

39 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mechanism of arsenic release to groundwater, Bangladesh and West Bengal

2000 1.0k citations Ross T. Nickson, J.M. McArthur et al. Applied Geochemistry profile →
Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations

2016 367 citations Alan MacDonald, H.C. Bonsor et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. G. Burgess United Kingdom	18	1.3k	772	736	636	542	40	2.3k
Alan E. Fryar United States	24	882 0.7×	508 0.7×	880 1.2×	445 0.7×	745 1.4×	88	2.1k
Harue Masuda Japan	27	1.0k 0.8×	614 0.8×	830 1.1×	497 0.8×	287 0.5×	79	2.2k
A. Pekdeğer Germany	32	446 0.3×	695 0.9×	931 1.3×	569 0.9×	955 1.8×	73	2.6k
Pieter J. Stuyfzand Netherlands	29	684 0.5×	275 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	369 0.6×	1.3k 2.4×	85	2.6k
Dale R. Van Stempvoort Canada	25	492 0.4×	612 0.8×	710 1.0×	422 0.7×	800 1.5×	53	2.3k
Jianyao Chen China	32	491 0.4×	630 0.8×	943 1.3×	328 0.5×	490 0.9×	88	2.4k
David Macdonald United Kingdom	17	661 0.5×	285 0.4×	431 0.6×	295 0.5×	377 0.7×	51	1.6k
Denis R. LeBlanc United States	30	832 0.6×	409 0.5×	583 0.8×	614 1.0×	1.2k 2.2×	89	3.1k
Elisa Sacchi Italy	29	520 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	442 0.7×	676 1.2×	96	3.4k
Wenming Dong United States	29	443 0.3×	326 0.4×	581 0.8×	424 0.7×	618 1.1×	97	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. G. Burgess

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Lapworth, Dan, Anwar Zahid, Richard G. Taylor, et al.. (2018). Security of Deep Groundwater in the Coastal Bengal Basin Revealed by Tracers. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(16). 8241–8252. 26 indexed citations

Burgess, W. G., et al.. (2017). GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELLING OF THE ALLUVIAL AQUIFER IN THE MOURIA AREA, SW GREECE. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. 43(4). 1716–1716.

Burgess, W. G., Mohammad Shamsudduha, Richard G. Taylor, et al.. (2017). Terrestrial water load and groundwater fluctuation in the Bengal Basin. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3872–3872. 32 indexed citations

Bonsor, H.C., Alan MacDonald, Kazi Matin Ahmed, et al.. (2017). Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia. Hydrogeology Journal. 25(5). 1377–1406. 128 indexed citations

MacDonald, Alan, H.C. Bonsor, Kazi Matin Ahmed, et al.. (2016). Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations. Nature Geoscience. 9(10). 762–766. 367 indexed citations breakdown →

Dharmagunawardhane, H. A., et al.. (2015). Mineralogical sources of groundwater fluoride in Archaen bedrock/regolith aquifers: Mass balances from southern India and north-central Sri Lanka. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 4. 111–130. 27 indexed citations

Burgess, W. G., et al.. (2014). Seasonal, episodic and periodic changes in terrestrial water storage recorded By DEEP Piezometric Monitoring in the Ganges/Brahmaputra/Meghna DELTA. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 2014. 1 indexed citations

Shamsudduha, Mohammad, Anwar Zahid, W. G. Burgess, & Kazi Matin Ahmed. (2014). Security of deep groundwater against ingress of arsenic and salinity in Bangladesh: Policy aspects. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Taylor, Richard G., W. G. Burgess, Mohammad Shamsudduha, et al.. (2014). Deep groundwater in the Bengal Mega-Delta: new evidence of aquifer hydraulics and the influence of intensive abstraction. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 4 indexed citations

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Burgess, W. G., et al.. (2012). Re-evaluating dual-porosity effects at the site of a seminal groundwater modelling study: Tilmanstone, southern England. Geological Society London Special Publications. 364(1). 227–248. 6 indexed citations

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Cook, Stephen, et al.. (2012). Modelling the influence of solution-enhanced conduits on catchment-scale contaminant transport in the Hertfordshire Chalk aquifer. Geological Society London Special Publications. 364(1). 205–225. 22 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Kazi Matin, et al.. (2011). Groundwater quality of upper and lower Dupi Tila aquifers in the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh. IAHS-AISH publication. 71–74. 6 indexed citations

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Hoque, M. A., W. G. Burgess, Mohammad Shamsudduha, & Kazi Matin Ahmed. (2011). Delineating low-arsenic groundwater environments in the Bengal Aquifer System, Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry. 26(4). 614–623. 46 indexed citations

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Burgess, W. G., M. A. Hoque, Holly A. Michael, et al.. (2010). Vulnerability of deep groundwater in the Bengal Aquifer System to contamination by arsenic. Nature Geoscience. 3(2). 83–87. 168 indexed citations

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Burgess, W. G., et al.. (2005). Redistribution of contaminants by a fluctuating water table in a micro-porous, double-porosity aquifer: Field observations and model simulations. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 78(1-2). 27–52. 28 indexed citations

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Burgess, W. G., et al.. (2002). Isotopic evidence for induced river recharge to the Dupi Tila aquifer in the Dhaka urban area, Bangladesh.. 23(2). 78–85. 9 indexed citations

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Nickson, Ross T., J.M. McArthur, Peter Ravenscroft, W. G. Burgess, & Kazi Matin Ahmed. (2000). Mechanism of arsenic release to groundwater, Bangladesh and West Bengal. Applied Geochemistry. 15(4). 403–413. 1042 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burgess, W. G., et al.. (2000). Contaminant retardation within the seasonally unsaturated zone of the Chalk aquifer : the SUZ process. IAHS-AISH publication. 385–390. 4 indexed citations

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Darling, W.G., et al.. (1989). Geothermics and hydrogeology of the southern part of the Kenya Rift Valley with emphasis on the Magadi-Nakuru area. 18 indexed citations

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Burgess, W. G., et al.. (1984). Investigation of the geothermal potential of the UK. The origin and circulation of groundwater in the Carnmenellis granite: the hydrogeochemical evidence. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 6 indexed citations

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