Reducing groundwater vulnerability in Carbonate Island countries in the Pacific

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 75-110

  White, Ian ^a   Falkland, Tony ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Island Hydrology Services   (Australia)

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