Rainfall recharge thresholds decrease after an intense fire over a near-surface cave at Wombeyan, Australia

Song, Christina; Campbell, Micheline; Baker, Andy

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-4241-2025

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Rainfall recharge thresholds decrease after an intense fire over a near-surface cave at Wombeyan, Australia

Christina Song, Micheline Campbell, and Andy Baker

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