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Causes of the abrupt burst of iron discharge by the Amur R. and its tributaries in the late 1990s are analyzed. A conclusion regarding the likely climatic cause of this phenomenon is substantiated.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Shamov, T. Onishi, V.V. Kulakov, 2014, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2014, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 206–215.
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Shamov, V.V., Onishi, T. & Kulakov, V.V. Dissolved iron runoff in Amur basin rivers in the late XX century. Water Resour 41, 201–209 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807814020122
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