Estimation of groundwater recharge of shallow aquifer on humid environment in Yaounde, Cameroon using hybrid water-fluctuation and hydrochemistry methods

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-118

  Takounjou, A Fouépé ^a,b   Ngoupayou, J R Ndam ^b   Riotte, J ^c   Takem, G E ^a   Mafany, G ^a   Marechal J C ^d   Ekodeck, G E ^b  

^a Institute for Geological and Mining Research   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

GIS; Recharge; Specific yield; Tropical forest; Water balance; Yaounde

Indexed keywords

RECHARGE; SPECIFIC YIELD; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER BALANCE; YAOUNDE;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CHLORIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEASONALITY; SHALLOW WATER; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER YIELD;

CAMEROON; CENTRE [CAMEROON]; YAOUNDE;

EID: 80051663821     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0822-x     Document Type: Article

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