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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3473-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3473-2018
Research article
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28 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 28 Jun 2018

Delineating multiple salinization processes in a coastal plain aquifer, northern China: hydrochemical and isotopic evidence

Dongmei Han and Matthew J. Currell

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