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Deep hydrogeology: a discussion of issues and research needs

Hydrogéologie profonde: une discussion des enjeux et des besoins en recherche

Hidrogeología profunda: una discusión de los problemas y necesidades de investigación

Hidrogeologia profunda: discussão de temas e necessidades de investigação

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank with great appreciation Steven Ingebritsen and Jonny Rutqvist for their careful review and detailed comments. We also thank the editor and associate editor of Hydrogeology Journal for very useful suggestions. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Swedish Research Council FORMAS (grant 2012–2011–1723), Swedish Research Council VR (grant 624–2011–6584) and Uppsala University Department of Earth Sciences, for the Uppsala Workshop on Deep Hydrogeology. The present article is based on discussions in this workshop.

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    Chin-Fu Tsang & Auli Niemi

  2. Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Chin-Fu Tsang

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Tsang, CF., Niemi, A. Deep hydrogeology: a discussion of issues and research needs. Hydrogeol J 21, 1687–1690 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-013-0989-9

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