Vulnerability evaluation of a coastal plain sand aquifer with a case example from Calabar, southeastern Nigeria

Environmental Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1062-1070

  Edet, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Coastal plain sand; Contamination; Evaluation; Nigeria; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAND; WATER POLLUTION;

INPUT PARAMETERS; POINT COUNT INDEX METHOD;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION; SAND; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; CALABAR; CROSS RIVER; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3042740007     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-0964-9     Document Type: Article

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