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Research article
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24 Jan 2012
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2012
Basal crevasses in Larsen C Ice Shelf and implications for their global abundance
A. Luckman
College of Science, Swansea University, UK
D. Jansen
College of Science, Swansea University, UK
B. Kulessa
College of Science, Swansea University, UK
E. C. King
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Cambridge, UK
P. Sammonds
Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, UK
D. I. Benn
University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, 9171, Longyearbyen, Norway
Department of Geography, University of St. Andrews, UK
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