Renewable and non-renewable groundwater in semi-arid and arid regions

Developments in Water Science

Volumn 50, Issue C, 2003, Pages 265-280

  Edmunds, W Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77950866442     PISSN: 01675648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5648(03)80023-0     Document Type: Article

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