Inverse modeling of groundwater flow in the semiarid evaporitic closed basin of Los Monegros, Spain

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-49

  Samper Calvete, F J ^a   Garcia Vera M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

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EID: 0000497970     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100400050132     Document Type: Article

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