Major ion hydrochemistry and environmental isotope signatures as a tool in assessing groundwater occurrence and its dynamics in a fractured volcanic aquifer system located within a heavily urbanized catchment, central Ethiopia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 175-188

  Demlie, Molla ^a   Wohnlich, Stefan ^b   Ayenew, Tenalem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; Ethiopia; Groundwater flow; Hydrochemistry; Volcanic aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; ETHIOPIA; HYDROCHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC AQUIFER;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPRING WATER; URBAN AREA; VOLCANISM; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

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

EID: 41649115779     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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