Salinity problems in coastal aquifers: Case study from port harcourt city, Southern Nigeria

Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 405-413

  Ofoma, A E ^a   Onwuka, O S ^a   Ngah, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

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

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