Groundwater contamination: reconstructing historical knowledge for the courts

Applied Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-273

  Colten, Craig E ^a  

^a Ctr for Hazards and Environ Geogr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031762349     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(98)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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