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Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology Volume 42, 1990 - Issue 1
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Original Articles

222Rn flux and soil air concentration profiles in West-Germany. Soil 222Rn as tracer for gas transport in the unsaturated soil zone

Helmut DÖrrInstitut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG
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Karl Otto MönnichInstitut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG
Pages 20-28 | Received 18 Jan 1989, Accepted 10 Apr 1989, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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