Sources and mean transit times of stream water in an intermittent river system: the upper Wimmera River, southeast Australia

Zhou, Zibo; Cartwright, Ian; Morgenstern, Uwe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4497-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4497-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4497-2022

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09 Sep 2022

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Sources and mean transit times of stream water in an intermittent river system: the upper Wimmera River, southeast Australia

Zibo Zhou, Ian Cartwright, and Uwe Morgenstern

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