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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2611-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2611-2016
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07 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 07 Nov 2016

Concentration, sources and light absorption characteristics of dissolved organic carbon on a medium-sized valley glacier, northern Tibetan Plateau

Fangping Yan, Shichang Kang, Chaoliu Li, Yulan Zhang, Xiang Qin, Yang Li, Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhaofu Hu, Pengfei Chen, Xiaofei Li, Bin Qu, and Mika Sillanpää

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