Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2415-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2415-2014
Research article
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26 Jun 2014
Research article |  | 26 Jun 2014

Characterisation of stable isotopes to identify residence times and runoff components in two meso-scale catchments in the Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

S. Tekleab, J. Wenninger, and S. Uhlenbrook

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