Mapping groundwater vulnerability in Scotland: A new approach for the Water Framework Directive

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-30

  O Dochartaigh B E ^a   Ball, D F ^a   MacDonald, A M ^a   Lilly, A ^b   Fitzsimons, V ^c   del Rio, M ^a   Auton, C A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 18444418146     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg41010021     Document Type: Article

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