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Ernstson, K., Kirsch, R. (2006). Aquifer structures: fracture zones and caves. In: Kirsch, R. (eds) Groundwater Geophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29387-6_13

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