Insights from four decades of model development on the Waterloo Moraine: A review

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-166

  Frind, Emil O ^a   Molson, John W ^b   Sousa, Marcelo R ^a   Martin, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c A Division of Matrix Solutions Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HYDROGEOLOGIC UNIT; MITIGATION MEASURES; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH; PREDICTIVE METHODS; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; WELL CAPTURE ZONES; WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREAS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84904294449     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2014.914799     Document Type: Article

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