Aspects of alluvial river bank recession: Some examples from the Niger delta

Environmental Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 211-220

  Abam, T K S ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Niger delta; Remediation; River erosion; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL RIVER; BACK ANALYSIS; EROSION CONTROL; MASS MOVEMENT; RIVER BANK EROSION; SLOPE PROCESSES;

NIGERIA, NIGER DELTA;

EID: 0030619903     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050182     Document Type: Article

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