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Title: Hydrologic connectivity and dynamics of solute transport in a mountain stream: Insights from a long-term tracer test and multiscale transport modeling informed by machine learning
Award ID(s):
2334072 2025755
PAR ID:
10526126
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
elsevier
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Hydrology
Volume:
639
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0022-1694
Page Range / eLocation ID:
131562
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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