Evaluation of the variations in borehole yield from a fractured Karoo aquifer, South Africa

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 114-120

  Sami, K ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0010565799     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb01871.x     Document Type: Article

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