Isotopic and geochemical characteristics of groundwater in the Senegal River delta aquifer: Implication of recharge and flow regime

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1011-1020

  Diaw, Moctar ^a   Faye, Serigne ^a   Stichler, Willibald ^b   Maloszewski, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; Flow regime; Groundwater recharge; Hydrochemistry; Senegal River Lower Valley and Delta

Indexed keywords

CALCITE DISSOLUTION; DIRECT-EVAPORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOW REGIMES; GAIN INSIGHT; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; H-CONTENT; HYDRAULIC INTERCONNECTION; ION CONCENTRATIONS; RECHARGE PROCESS; REVERSE EXCHANGE REACTIONS; SALINE INTRUSION; SALT DEPOSITION; SAND DUNES; SENEGAL RIVER; STABLE ISOTOPES; SYSTEM DISPLAYS; WATER TABLES; WATER TYPES;

AQUIFERS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATERS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CALCITE; CATION; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; DISSOLUTION; DUNE; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW PATTERN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GYPSUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; INFILTRATION; ION; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; SURFACE WATER;

SENEGAL RIVER;

EID: 84861780433     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0710-4     Document Type: Article

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