Intensive exploitation effects on alluvial aquifer of the Catania plain, eastern Sicily, Italy

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 671-681

  Ferrara, V ^a   Pappalardo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alluvial plain; Groundwater pollution; Industrial settlement; Multilayered aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16244393046     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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