Tritium as a hydrological tracer in Mediterranean precipitation events

Juhlke, Tobias R.; Sültenfuß, Jürgen; Trachte, Katja; Huneau, Frédéric; Garel, Emilie; Santoni, Sébastien; Barth, Johannes A. C.; van Geldern, Robert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3555-2020

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Tritium as a hydrological tracer in Mediterranean precipitation events

Tobias R. Juhlke, Jürgen Sültenfuß, Katja Trachte, Frédéric Huneau, Emilie Garel, Sébastien Santoni, Johannes A. C. Barth, and Robert van Geldern

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