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Part 2: Groundwater: What lies beneath, or doesn't

Over-exploitation of groundwater resources and their environmental and socio-economic implications: the case of Jordan

Elias Salameh University of Jordan, Amman, JordanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 55-68 | Received 14 Jul 2006, Published online: 01 May 2008

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