Holocene palaeohydrology, groundwater and climate change in the lake basins of the Central Kenya Rift

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 765-780

  Olago, Daniel ^a   Opere, Alfred ^a   Barongo, Justus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Central Kenya Rift; Climate change; Groundwater; Holocene; Hydrology; Lake basins

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL KENYA RIFT; FRESH WATER LAKES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENES; HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; INDUSTRIAL USE; KENYA RIFT; SODA LAKES;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LAKES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECHARGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOGORIA;

EID: 70349527786     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.4.765     Document Type: Article

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