Groundwater recharge: An overview of process and challenges

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-17

  de Vries, Jacobus J ^a   Simmers, Ian ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Groundwater development; Groundwater recharge; Tracer studies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0036488838     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-001-0171-7     Document Type: Article

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