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https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-2-1-2014
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04 Apr 2014
Influence of major fault zones on 3-D coupled fluid and heat transport for the Brandenburg region (NE German Basin)
Y. Cherubini
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Potsdam, Germany
M. Cacace
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
M. Scheck-Wenderoth
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
V. Noack
now at: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Berlin, Germany
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
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