Code
01W05520
Duration
01 November 2020 → 31 October 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Hydrogeology
- Surface water hydrology
- Environmental chemistry
- Environmental impact and risk assessment
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Engineering and technology
- Water resources management
Keywords
Mining activities
Rock geochemistry
Groundwater chemistry
Geogenic concentrations
Pollution
Project description
The study aims at evaluating water resources contamination due to geogenic influences and mining impacts in Meli, northern Ethiopia. Remote sensing, GIS, geophysical and geochemical methods will be applied to make the regional assessment of geogenic influences and mining activities on groundwater chemistry, to define the three dimensional picture of the groundwater reservoir and characterize groundwater flow, as well as natural rock and water chemistry, thereby identifying anomalous concentrations of chemical species.