Isotope evidence of palaeorecharge and palaeoclimate in the deep confined aquifers of the Chad Basin, NE Nigeria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 467-479

  Maduabuchi, Chris ^a   Faye, Serigne ^b   Maloszewski, Piotr ^b  

^a Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chad Sedimentary Basin; Environmental isotopes; Nigeria; Palaeoclimate; Palaeorecharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; COMPOSITION; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; MIXING;

CHAD SEDIMENTARY BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEORECHARGE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BICARBONATE; CARBON 14; DEUTERIUM; GROUND WATER; OXYGEN 18; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECHARGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; METEOROLOGY; MINERALIZATION; NIGERIA; PALEOCLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; CHAD BASIN; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33749448148     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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