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Biomass uptake and fire as controls on groundwater solute evolution on a southeast Australian granite: aboriginal land management hypothesis
J. F. Dean
Agricultural Sciences Department, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Australia
now at: Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland
J. A. Webb
Agricultural Sciences Department, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Australia
G. E. Jacobsen
Institute for Environmental Research, ANSTO, Sydney, Australia
R. Chisari
Institute for Environmental Research, ANSTO, Sydney, Australia
P. E. Dresel
Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
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