Analysis of groundwater quality using multivariate and spatial analyses in the Keta basin, Ghana

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-234

  Yidana, Sandow Mark ^a   Banoeng Yakubo, Bruce ^a   Akabzaa, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Keta basin; Kriging; Multivariate; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HOLISTIC APPROACH; KRIGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VARIOGRAM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GHANA; GULF OF GUINEA; KETA BASIN; VOLTA;

EID: 78549262652     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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