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  • The authors are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements.
  • The publication of the work described has been approved by all the author(s) and by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – of the institutes where the work has been carried out, and that neither the abstract nor the supplementary materials or presentations infringe copyright or any other rights by third parties.
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Copyright

  • Authors retain the copyright of the abstract and supplementary materials.
  • Authors grant any third party the right to use the abstract and its uploaded supplementary materials freely as long as its original authors and citation details are identified.
  • The abstract and its supplementary materials are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). If the supplementary materials cannot follow the CC BY 4.0 License, this must be clearly marked by the authors in the supplementary materials file. 

Notices

  • The licenser cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the licence terms.
  • You do not have to comply with the licence for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
  • No warranties are given. The licence may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
  • The CC BY License, of which 4.0 is the recent version, was developed to facilitate open access – namely, free immediate access to, and unrestricted reuse of original works of all types.
  • Under this liberal licence authors agree to make abstracts legally available for reuse, without permission or fees, for virtually any purpose. Anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse these articles, as long as the author and original source are properly cited. Thus, CC BY facilitates the dissemination, transfer, and growth of scientific knowledge.
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This copyright statement is based on the European Geosciences Union (EGU) statements, used with sincere appreciation.