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Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
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23 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 23 Jul 2013

Thermodynamic limits of hydrologic cycling within the Earth system: concepts, estimates and implications

A. Kleidon and M. Renner

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