A new high-resolution groundwater isoscape for south-east Germany: insights from differences in relation to precipitation

Gaillard, Aixala; van Geldern, Robert; Barth, Johannes Arthur Christopher; Stumpp, Christine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-3853-2025

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A new high-resolution groundwater isoscape for south-east Germany: insights from differences in relation to precipitation

Aixala Gaillard, Robert van Geldern, Johannes Arthur Christopher Barth, and Christine Stumpp

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