Chapter C. Numerical model of the hydrologic landscape and groundwater flow in California's Central Valley

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1766, 2009, Pages 121-212

  Faunt, Claudia C ^a   Hanson, Randall T ^a   Belitz, Kenneth ^a   Schmid, Wolfgang ^a   Predmore, Steven P ^a   Rewis, Diane L ^a   McPherson, Kelly ^a  

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