The use of statistical methods to assess groundwater contamination in the Lower Tano river basin, Ghana, West Africa

Groundwater in the coastal areas of Ghana: Quality and associated health risks

“…The town is mainly covered by moist semideciduous rain forest which has turned into a secondary forest due to activities such as tree felling [ 34 ]. The geology of Essiama is mainly of the Birimian Supergroup and the Apollonian group [ 34 , 36 ]. The Apollonian group consist of Cretaceous-Eocene marine sedimentary rocks such as siltstone, sandstone, shale, mudstone, conglomerate, and limestone which overlie the Birimian rocks [ 37 ].…”