Assessment of groundwater quality of Lokoja basement area, North-Central Nigeria

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-420

  Ayuba, R ^a   Omonona, O V ^b   Onwuka, O S ^b  

^a KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Basement area; Groundwater quality; Hydrochemical facies; Lokoja; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASEMENT ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; ION; IRRIGATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECHARGE; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84887159708     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-013-0168-6     Document Type: Article

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