Hydrochemical and isotopic evidence of recharge, apparent age, and flow direction of groundwater in Mayo Tsanaga River Basin, Cameroon: Bearings on contamination

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-120

  Fantong, Wilson Yetoh ^a,b   Satake, Hiroshi ^a   Aka, Festus T ^b   Ayonghe, Samuel N ^c   Asai, Kazuyoshi ^d   Mandal, Ajit K ^a   Ako, Andrew A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Institute of Mining and Geological Research IRGM   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^d Geo Science Laboratory Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basin salinization; Contamination; Groundwater age; Recharge; Unplanned exploitation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; AVERAGE RATE; CAMEROON; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW REGIMES; GROUNDWATER AGES; HYDROCHEMICALS; MONSOON RAINS; RAIN WATER; RIVER BASINS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; WATER LOSS;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CONTAMINATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SODIUM; WATERSHEDS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EVAPORATION; FLOW PATTERN; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; RIVER BASIN; SALINIZATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CAMEROON; EXTREME NORD PROVINCE; MAYO TSANAGA BASIN;

EID: 77954053738     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0173-7     Document Type: Article

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