Spring water quality and usability in the Mount Cameroon area revealed by hydrogeochemistry

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 615-639

  Ako, Andrew Ako ^a,b   Shimada, Jun ^a   Hosono, Takahiro ^a   Kagabu, Makoto ^a   Ayuk, Akoachere Richard ^c   Nkeng, George Elambo ^d   Eyong, Gloria Eneke Takem ^b   Takounjou, Alain L Fouepe ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Devmt   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^d National Advanced School of Public Works Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Hydrogeochemistry; Mount Cameroon; Quality; Springs; Usability

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; SILICATE; SPRING WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CAMEROON; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); STANDARD; VOLCANO; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CAMEROON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GROUNDWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

CAMEROON; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUD OUEST PROVINCE;

EID: 84865416308     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9453-3     Document Type: Article

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