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Articles | Volume 378
Articles | Volume 378
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-378-93-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-378-93-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 378
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29 May 2018
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Isotopic composition and elemental concentrations in groundwater in the Kuiseb Basin and the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin, Namibia

Nnenesi A. Kgabi, Eliot Atekwana, Johanna Ithindi, Martha Uugwanga, Kay Knoeller, Lebogang Motsei, Manny Mathuthu, Gideon Kalumbu, Hilma R. Amwele, and Rian Uusizi

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High salinity in the groundwater of Cuvelai-Etosha Basin is caused by the weathering of Kalahari sediments, not the evaporation of water on surface prior to groundwater recharge. Low salinity in the Kuiseb Basin derives from rapid recharge by unevaporated rain and limited weathering of the crystalline rocks. Thus, groundwater quality in the two Basins is controlled by water-rock interaction at the surface and in the groundwater aquifer.
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