Characterization and appraisal of facets influencing geochemistry of groundwater in the Kulpawn sub-basin of the White Volta Basin, Ghana

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1349-1359

  Kortatsi, Benony Komla ^a   Anku, Y S A ^b   Anornu, G K ^c  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Aluminosilicates weathering; Cation exchange; Ghana Kulpawn Basin; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATIO; CATION EXCHANGE; CATION EXCHANGES; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CLASSIFICATION ,; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GHANA KULPAWN BASIN; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; ISOTOPIC DATA; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW SODIUM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBBASINS; VOLTA BASIN; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TYPES;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; FELDSPAR; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; MICA; POSITIVE IONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATE; BOREHOLE; CARBONATE; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SODIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WHITE VOLTA BASIN;

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 70349863367     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1638-9     Document Type: Article

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