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Original Articles

Estimation of groundwater residence time using environmental radioisotopes (14C,T) in carbonate aquifers, southern Poland

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Pages 73-97 | Received 05 Aug 2011, Accepted 09 Feb 2012, Published online: 21 May 2012

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