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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1543-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1543-2013
Research article
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26 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 26 Sep 2013

Pine Island glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales

P. Dutrieux, D. G. Vaughan, H. F. J. Corr, A. Jenkins, P. R. Holland, I. Joughin, and A. H. Fleming

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