Massive mobilization of toxic elements from an intact rock  glacier in the central Eastern Alps

Moradi, Hoda; Furrer, Gerhard; Margreth, Michael; Mair, David; Wanner, Christoph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5153-2024

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Massive mobilization of toxic elements from an intact rock glacier in the central Eastern Alps

Hoda Moradi, Gerhard Furrer, Michael Margreth, David Mair, and Christoph Wanner

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