Groundwater contamination in karst terranes

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 157-170

  Green, Ronald T ^a   Painter, Scott L ^a   Sun, Alexander ^a   Worthington, Stephen R H ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Worthington Groundwater   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; TERRANE;

EID: 33744912266     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-005-9004-3     Document Type: Article

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