Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-15-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-15-2014
Research article
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03 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 03 Jan 2014

Contrasts between estimates of baseflow help discern multiple sources of water contributing to rivers

I. Cartwright, B. Gilfedder, and H. Hofmann

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