Correlative and comparative characterization of main ion concentrations in laterite groundwater in semi-arid northern Burkina Faso

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-26

  Nikiema, Julien ^a,c   Schirmer, Mario ^b   Gläßer, Walter ^a   Krieg, Ronald ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic contamination; Burkina Faso; Correlation; Laterite groundwater; Main ion concentrations; Tikar ; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; BURKINA FASO; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DRINKING WATER; DRY SEASONS; DUG WELL; FRACTURED AQUIFER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INORGANIC IONS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; MAIN PROCESS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; QUALITY OF WATER; RAINY SEASONS; RECHARGE WATER; SEMI ARID; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; WEST AFRICA;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CALCIUM; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DEIONIZED WATER; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MANURES; POTABLE WATER; SEPTIC TANKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTESIAN WELL; BICARBONATE; BOREHOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INORGANIC MATTER; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC COMPOSITION; LATERITE; RECHARGE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 77953888641     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0316-x     Document Type: Article

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