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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1245-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1245-2020
Research article
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15 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2020

Ocean-forced evolution of the Amundsen Sea catchment, West Antarctica, by 2100

Alanna V. Alevropoulos-Borrill, Isabel J. Nias, Antony J. Payne, Nicholas R. Golledge, and Rory J. Bingham

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