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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1497-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1497-2014
Research article
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18 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 18 Aug 2014

Glacier dynamics at Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq glaciers, southeast Greenland, since the Little Ice Age

S. A. Khan, K. K. Kjeldsen, K. H. Kjær, S. Bevan, A. Luckman, A. Aschwanden, A. A. Bjørk, N. J. Korsgaard, J. E. Box, M. van den Broeke, T. M. van Dam, and A. Fitzner

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