Hydrogeology of a contaminated sole-source karst aquifer, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 359-365

  Marín, Luis E ^a   Steinich, Birgit ^b   Pacheco, Julia ^a,c   Escolero, Oscar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Contamination; Karst; Yucat n

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0001144950     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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