Characterization of groundwater quality in three settlement areas of Enugu metropolis, southeastern Nigeria, using multivariate analysis

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 651-664

  Omonona, O V ^a   Onwuka, O S ^a   Okogbue, C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Enugu; Groundwater quality; Multivariate analysis; Pollution loading

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84893675305     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3405-y     Document Type: Article

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