Possible effects of climate change on hydrogeological systems: Results from research on Esker aquifers in northern Finland

Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources: A Global Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 305-320

  Kløve, Bjørn ^a   Ala Aho, Pertti ^a   Okkonen, Jarkko ^b   Rossi, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

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