Status of a Tsunami affected coastal aquifer along the East Coast of Sri Lanka

Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 223-231

  Dharmagunawardhane, H A ^a   Vithanage, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c International Management Institute   (Sri Lanka)

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