Hydraulic characteristics of the Maastrichtian sedimentary rocks of the southeastern Bida Basin, central Nigeria

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 659-667

  Vrbka, Petr ^a   Ojo, Olusola Johnson ^b   Gebhardt, Holger ^b,c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAASTRICHTIAN; WATER RESOURCE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033513218     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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