Groundwater vulnerability assessment: Hydrogeologie perspective and example from salinas valley, california

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 108, Issue , 1998, Pages 45-61

  Fogg, Graham E ^a   LaBolle, Eric M ^a   Weissmann, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84878193478     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM108p0045     Document Type: Chapter

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