Changes in the salinity of the Euphrates River system in Iraq

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-35

  Rahi, Khayyun A ^a   Halihan, Todd ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Euphrates River; Iraq; Minimum instream flow; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949302262     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-009-0083-y     Document Type: Article

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