Evidence for rapid groundwater flow and karst-type behaviour in the Chalk of southern England

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 130, Issue , 1998, Pages 95-106

  MacDonald, A M ^a   Brewerton, L J ^a   Allen, D J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842788018     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.130.01.09     Document Type: Article

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