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Evidence of short-term groundwater recharge signal propagation from the Andes to the central Atacama Desert: a singular spectrum analysis approach

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Pages 1255-1261 | Received 24 Feb 2018, Accepted 02 Jun 2018, Published online: 24 Jul 2018

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