Water quality in Lake Powell and the Colorado River

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1282, 2005, Pages 69-85

  Vernieu, William S ^a   Hueftle, Susan J ^a   Gloss, Steven P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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