Articles | Volume 7, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1455-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1455-2013
Research article
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24 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 24 Sep 2013

Changes in glacier equilibrium-line altitude in the western Alps from 1984 to 2010: evaluation by remote sensing and modeling of the morpho-topographic and climate controls

A. Rabatel, A. Letréguilly, J.-P. Dedieu, and N. Eckert

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