Further explorations into Ohio's fractured environment: Introduction to The Ohio Journal of Science's second special issue on fractures in Ohio's glacial tills

Ohio Journal of Science

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 4-8

  Weatherington Rice, Julie ^a   Christy, Ann D ^b   Angle, Michael P ^c  

^a Bennett and Williams Environmental Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE FLOW; TILL;

EID: 33744509326     PISSN: 00300950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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