El Niño enhances snow-line rise and ice loss on the  Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru

Lamantia, Kara A.; Larocca, Laura J.; Thompson, Lonnie G.; Mark, Bryan G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4633-2024

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El Niño enhances snow-line rise and ice loss on the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru

Kara A. Lamantia, Laura J. Larocca, Lonnie G. Thompson, and Bryan G. Mark

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