The difficulties of regional groundwater resources assessments in arid areas

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1 C, 2007, Pages 35-47

  Lloyd, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geology; Hydraulic diffusivity; Models; Resources portrayal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151485521     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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