Delineation of shallow groundwater aquifers in coastal plain sands of Calabar area (Southern Nigeria) using surface resistivity and hydrogeological data

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 433-443

  Edet, A E ^a,b   Okereke, C S ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Calabar; Coastal plain sand; Groundwater; Nigeria; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; COASTAL AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0036822786     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(02)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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