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Articles | Volume 27, issue 22
Articles | Volume 27, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4205-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4205-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 27, issue 22
Research article
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28 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 28 Nov 2023

Improving understanding of groundwater flow in an alpine karst system by reconstructing its geologic history using conduit network model ensembles

Chloé Fandel, Ty Ferré, François Miville, Philippe Renard, and Nico Goldscheider

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