Chapter 4 Hydrogeology of the Bahamian archipelago

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue C, 2004, Pages 183-216

  Whitaker, Fiona F ^a   Smart, Peter L ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(04)80026-8     Document Type: Chapter

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