Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-419-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-419-2013
Research article
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04 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 04 Mar 2013

A century of ice retreat on Kilimanjaro: the mapping reloaded

N. J. Cullen, P. Sirguey, T. Mölg, G. Kaser, M. Winkler, and S. J. Fitzsimons

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