Comment on "evaluation of evapotranspirative covers for waste containment in arid and semiarid regions in the southwestern USA"

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 809-812

  Gee, G W ^a   Benson, C H ^b   Albright, W H ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 34547870495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0090     Document Type: Note

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