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Title: Probing the deep critical zone beneath the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico: LUQUILLO DEEP CRITICAL ZONE

Journal Article · · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3409· OSTI ID:1383485
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  1. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
  2. Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
  3. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 230 S 33, rd, Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
  4. U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
  5. U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 420, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
  6. Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
  7. School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2 (NCGC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1383485
Journal Information:
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 38, Issue 10; Related Information: NCGC partners with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (lead); University of California, Davis; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ohio State University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Washington University, St. Louis; ISSN 0197-9337
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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