Modelling of groundwater recharge for a fractured dolomite aquifer under semi-arid conditions

Recharge of Phreatic Aquifers in (Semi-)Arid Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 129-144

  Van Der Lee, J ^a   Gehrels, J C ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

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