Identification of nitrate and dissolved-solids sources in ground water by GIS analyses

Environmental Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-43

  Shipley, Douglas O ^a,b   Rosen, Michael R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 33645987626     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046605050039     Document Type: Note

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