Water quality analysis of groundwater in crystalline basement rocks, Northern Ghana

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 989-997

  Anku, Yvonne S ^a   Banoeng Yakubo, Bruce ^a   Asiedu, Daniel K ^a   Yidana, Sandow M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline rocks; Ghana; Groundwater; Sodium adsorption ratio; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY DIAGRAM; AGRICULTURAL USE; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DATA POINTS; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FRACTURED AQUIFER; GHANA; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROCHEMICALS; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTING; IRRIGATION WATERS; LIMIT SETS; LOW SALINITY; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; SODICITY; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEWATERING; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FLUORIDE MINERALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ADSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; BASEMENT ROCK; BOREHOLE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NITRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILICATE; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 70349887598     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1578-4     Document Type: Article

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