Descriptions of anisotropy and heterogeneity and their effect on ground-water flow and areas of contribution to public supply wells in a karst carbonate aquifer system

US Geological Survey Water Supply Paper

Volumn 2475, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-43

  Knochenmus, Lari A ^a   Robinson, James L ^a  

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