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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-249-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-249-2013
Research article
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08 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 08 Feb 2013

Paleo ice flow and subglacial meltwater dynamics in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

F. O. Nitsche, K. Gohl, R. D. Larter, C.-D. Hillenbrand, G. Kuhn, J. A. Smith, S. Jacobs, J. B. Anderson, and M. Jakobsson

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