Some hydrogeological peculiar to various types of problems small islands

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 341-346

  Robins, N S ^a   Lawrence, A R ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Islands; Recharge; Water balance; Water resources

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SEA WATER; WATER;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISLAND; RECHARGE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; SEASHORE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033671405     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2000.tb00271.x     Document Type: Article

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