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  1. Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China

    Zongxue Xu & Zhaofei Liu

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China

    Zhaofei Liu

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Xu, Z., Liu, Z. (2014). Climate Change Scenarios and the Impact on Runoff. In: Chen, Y. (eds) Water Resources Research in Northwest China. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8017-9_9

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