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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-517-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-517-2012
Research article
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19 Apr 2012
Research article |  | 19 Apr 2012

Influence of surface and subsurface heterogeneity on observed borehole temperatures at a mountain permafrost site in the Upper Engadine, Swiss Alps

S. Schneider, M. Hoelzle, and C. Hauck

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