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Research article
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20 Aug 2013
Research article |
| 20 Aug 2013
Identification of glacial meltwater runoff in a karstic environment and its implication for present and future water availability
D. Finger
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
now at: Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
A. Hugentobler
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
A. Voinesco
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
H. Wernli
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
D. Fischer
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
E. Weber
Swiss Institute of Speleology and Karst-Research, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
P.-Y. Jeannin
Swiss Institute of Speleology and Karst-Research, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
M. Kauzlaric
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
A. Wirz
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
T. Vennemann
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
F. Hüsler
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
B. Schädler
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
R. Weingartner
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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