Groundwater flow modeling and particle tracking for chemical transport in the southern Voltaian aquifers

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-721

  Yidana, Sandow Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Afram plains; Calibration; MODFLOW; Particle tracking; Travel time

Indexed keywords

AFRAM PLAINS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; FLOW PATH; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELING; INVERSE MODELING; K-FELDSPAR; MODFLOW; PARTICLE TRACKING; RECHARGE AREA; RURAL SETTLEMENT; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STEADY-STATE MODELS; STUDY AREAS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRAVEL TIME;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ISOTOPES; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALBITE; ANORTHITE; AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROSTATICS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TRACKING; TRAVEL TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

GHANA; VOLTA;

EID: 79957865713     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0740-y     Document Type: Article

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