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Characterizing groundwater–lake water interactions by using 222radon, Lake Tana, Ethiopia
Acronym
OPG 2020 - Hermans
Code
13v20120-42
Duration
01 January 2020 → 31 August 2022
Funding
Federal funding: VLIR-UOS
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Hydrogeology
    • Geology not elsewhere classified
    • Natural resource management
  • Engineering and technology
    • Water resources management
Keywords
groundwater surface water interaction radon isotope
 
Project description

Lake Tana is situated on the basaltic plateau of the North-Western Ethiopian highlands. The interaction of lake and groundwater has until now been neglected, but it can be studied by using 222radon. Sampling and in-situ radon measurements will be done in the lake, groundwater, and spring water. After sample analyses, a conceptual model will be developed on the lake-groundwater interaction.