Hydraulic, textural and geochemical characteristics of the Ajali Formation, Anambra Basin, Nigeria: Implication for groundwater quality

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 935-951

  Tijani, Moshood N ^a   Nton, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ajali Formation; Anambra Basin; Geochemical profile; Groundwater chemistry; Hydraulic conductivity; Metal enrichment; Nigeria; Permeability test

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; LEAD; LIQUIDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; REDOX REACTIONS; SAND; SANDSTONE; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SORTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

AJALI FORMATION; ANAMBRA BASIN; GEOCHEMICAL PROFILE; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; METAL ENRICHMENT; NIGERIA; PERMEABILITY TEST;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PERMEABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

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

EID: 58149147095     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1196-1     Document Type: Article

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