Water quality in the Santa Ana Basin, California, 1999-2001

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1238, 2004, Pages

  Belitz, Kenneth ^a   Hamlin, Scott N ^a   Burton, Carmen A ^a   Kent, Robert ^a   Fay, Ronald G ^a   Johnson, Tyler ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ANA BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244298379     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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