Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2327-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2327-2015
Research article
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17 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 17 Apr 2015

Predicting the denitrification capacity of sandy aquifers from in situ measurements using push–pull 15N tracer tests

W. Eschenbach, R. Well, and W. Walther

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