Trace element hydrochemical assessment of the Calabar Coastal Plain Aquifer, southeastern Nigeria using statistical methods

Environmental Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-149

  Edet, A E ^a,b   Merkel, B J ^b   Offiong, O E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Contamination; Hydrochemistry; Nigeria; Statistics

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ANTHROPOLOGY; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; COASTAL AQUIFER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SALINE INTRUSION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CALABAR AQUIFER; NIGERIA;

EID: 0037938583     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0738-1     Document Type: Article

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