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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-47-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-47-2013
Research article
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15 Jan 2013
Research article |  | 15 Jan 2013

Climatic drivers of seasonal glacier mass balances: an analysis of 6 decades at Glacier de Sarennes (French Alps)

E. Thibert, N. Eckert, and C. Vincent

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