Water resources in the United Arab Emirates

Developments in Water Science

Volumn 50, Issue C, 2003, Pages 245-264

  Rizk, Zein S ^a   Alsharhan, Abdulrahman S ^b  

^a AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 77956712480     PISSN: 01675648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5648(03)80022-9     Document Type: Article

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