Hydrogeochemical processes controlling groundwater quality around Bomboré gold mineralized zone, Central Burkina Faso

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 170, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-71

  Sako, Aboubakar ^a   Bamba, Ousmane ^b   Gordio, Aridjima ^b  

^a University of Ouaga 1 Joseph KI ZERBO   (Burkina Faso)

^b Département des Sciences de la Terre ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Borewells; Dug wells; Groundwater quality; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; MINERALS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BOREWELLS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUG WELL; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; TRACE METAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; TRACE METAL; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84983509246     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2016.08.009     Document Type: Article

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