Hydrology of the Texas Gulf coast aquifer systems

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1416 E, 2002, Pages

  Ryder, Paul D ^a   Ardis, Ann F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; QUATERNARY; SALINE INTRUSION; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542426463     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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