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Water Quality in the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California, 1992-95

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U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1159

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Dubrovsky, N.M., Kratzer, C.R., Brown, L.R., Gronberg, J.M., and Burow, K.R., 1998, Water Quality in the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1159, on line at <URL: https://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ1159>, updated April 17, 1998.

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