Identification of groundwater flow systems using geological mapping and chemical spring analysis in South Pare Mountains, Tanzania

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 15-18, 2007, Pages 1015-1022

  Mul, M L ^a,b   Mutiibwa, R K ^a   Foppen, J W A ^a   Uhlenbrook, S ^a   Savenije, H H G ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow systems; Hydrogeological processes; Pangani basin; Silicate weathering; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MAPPING; SPRINGS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

BASEFLOW; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAPPING; SILICATE; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; PANGANI BASIN; PARE MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34548583131     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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