High iron concentration and pH change detected using statistics and geostatistics in crystalline basement equatorial region

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7135-7145

  Nshagali, B G ^a,b   Njandjock Nouck, P ^a   Meli'i J L ^a   Aretouyap Z ^a   Manguelle Dicoum, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Section of Hydrobiology   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Geostatistic; Iron concentration; L ki ; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUILDINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; POTABLE WATER; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY;

CAMEROON; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; GEOSTATISTIC; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; STANDARDS FOR TESTING; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84940004834     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3893-2     Document Type: Article

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