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Critical Flow: A Historical Perspective

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Volume 136, Issue 1
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Volume 136Issue 1January 2010
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Received: Mar 25, 2008
Accepted: Aug 31, 2009
Published online: Dec 15, 2009
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Oscar Castro-Orgaz
Hydraulic Research Scientist, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, CSIC, apdo 4084, Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14080, Cordoba, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
Willi H. Hager, F.ASCE
Prof., VAW, ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected]

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