Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-3317-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-3317-2014
Research article
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19 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 19 Dec 2014

The Niger Delta's vulnerability to river floods due to sea level rise

Z. N. Musa, I. Popescu, and A. Mynett

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