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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4183-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4183-2015
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20 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 20 Oct 2015

Understanding runoff processes in a semi-arid environment through isotope and hydrochemical hydrograph separations

V. V. Camacho Suarez, A. M. L. Saraiva Okello, J. W. Wenninger, and S. Uhlenbrook

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