Surface-water hydrology of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in south-central Louisiana, 1996-99

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1672, 2003, Pages 1-48

  Swarzenski, Christopher M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4744360648     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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