Groundwater occurrence and flow patterns in the Ishiagu mining area of southeastern Nigeria

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-28

  Ezekwe, I C ^a   Odubo, E ^a   Chima, G N ^b   Onwuchekwa, I S ^b  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; groundwater flow; heavy metals; Ishiagu; mining; Nigeria; pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858437638     PISSN: 16737385     EISSN: 16737490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-011-0203-0     Document Type: Article

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