Hydrochemical characterization of groundwater in the Accra plains of Ghana

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-311

  Kortatsi, Benony K ^a  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Accra Plains; Dissolution; Ghana; Groundwater quality; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; POTABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER;

ACCRA PLAINS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HALITE DISSOLUTION CARBONATE; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

GROUNDWATER;

ALUMINOSILICATE; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HALITE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEAWATER;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745069370     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0206-4     Document Type: Article

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