Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1109-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1109-2013
Research article
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18 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2013

Surface motion of active rock glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA: inventory and a case study using InSAR

L. Liu, C. I. Millar, R. D. Westfall, and H. A. Zebker

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