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Research article
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02 Oct 2012
Research article |
| 02 Oct 2012
Simulating the growth of supraglacial lakes at the western margin of the Greenland ice sheet
A. A. Leeson
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
A. Shepherd
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
S. Palmer
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
now at: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
A. Sundal
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
X. Fettweis
Department of Geography, University of Liège, 2, Allée du 6 Août, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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