Delineating aquifer geometry within a sequence stratigraphic framework: Evidence from the Quaternary of the Po River Basin, Northern Italy

GeoActa

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Hydrostratigraphy; Po plain; Quaternary; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85127255644     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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