Groundwater recharge, flow and hydrogeochemical evolution in a complex volcanic aquifer system, central Ethiopia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1169-1181

  Demlie, Molla ^a,b   Wohnlich, Stefan ^a   Wisotzky, Frank ^a   Gizaw, Birhanu ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ETHIOPIA   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Groundwater pollution; Hydrochemistry; Inverse modeling; Silicate weathering

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; TRITIUM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548486725     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0163-3     Document Type: Article

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