Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5109-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5109-2014
Research article
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12 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 12 Dec 2014

Residence times and mixing of water in river banks: implications for recharge and groundwater–surface water exchange

N. P. Unland, I. Cartwright, D. I. Cendón, and R. Chisari

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