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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1591-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1591-2013
Research article
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08 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2013

A particle based simulation model for glacier dynamics

J. A. Åström, T. I. Riikilä, T. Tallinen, T. Zwinger, D. Benn, J. C. Moore, and J. Timonen

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