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Major hydrological regime change along the semiarid western coast of South America — Response to comments by Maldonado and Moreiras [page number in this issue]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Cristina Ortega*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile
Gabriel Vargas
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile
José A. Rutllant
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Blanco Encalada 2002, Santiago, Chile Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Raúl Bitràn s/n, Colina el Pino, La Serena, Chile
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail addresses:crortega@ing.uchile.cl (C. Ortega).

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