Controls on the regional-scale salinization of the Ogallala aquifer, Southern High Plains, Texas, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 849-864

  Mehta, Sunil ^a   Fryar, Alan E ^a   Banner, Jay L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034073010     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00098-0     Document Type: Article

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