Groundwater vulnerability assessment and protection measures - An example from Sweden

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  De Silva, C Shanthi ^a   Hohne, Surina ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Groundwater chemistry; Lineaments; Protection; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953987383     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v34i1.2075     Document Type: Article

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