Groundwater conditions beneath beaches of Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-455

  Crowe, Allan S ^a,b   Meek, Gregory A ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fresh water beaches; Georgian bay; Groundwater lake interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954752072     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980903354825     Document Type: Article

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