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Authors thank P. Escudero and G. Pesca Pinto for their help in laboratory works, SECyT-UNC, FONCyT and CONICET for the support of research projects where the data provided in this discussion was generated.

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Received: Jun 1, 2016
Accepted: Jul 18, 2016
Published ahead of print: Mar 15, 2017
Published online: Mar 16, 2017
Published in print: Jul 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Aug 16, 2017

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Marcos A. Montoro [email protected]
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería y Tecnología (IDIT, CONICET–UNC), Velez Sarsfield 1611, 5016 Cordoba, Argentina. E-mail: [email protected]
Franco M. Francisca, M.ASCE [email protected]
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería y Tecnología (IDIT, CONICET–UNC), Velez Sarsfield 1611, 5016 Cordoba, Argentina (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]

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