Nam Theun 2 Reservoir four years after commissioning: significance of drawdown methane emissions and other pathways

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Issue		Hydroécol. Appl. Volume 19, 2016


Page(s)		119 - 146
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/hydro/2016001
Published online		16 March 2016

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