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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1141-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1141-2012
Research article
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16 Oct 2012
Research article |  | 16 Oct 2012

Vapor flux and recrystallization during dry snow metamorphism under a steady temperature gradient as observed by time-lapse micro-tomography

B. R. Pinzer, M. Schneebeli, and T. U. Kaempfer

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