Geological Field Trip to the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
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Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: Nature’s affluence meets human poverty
a) Water Resources Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, 02015 HUT, Finland (emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]) b) Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Mechelininkatu 34a, 00251 Helsinki, Finland (email: [email protected]) c) Environmental Impact Assessment Centre of Finland Ltd (EIA Ltd), Tekniikanti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-135X,1884-0884
DOI: 10.5026/jgeography.116.6_941