Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-155-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-155-2014
Research article
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28 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 28 Jan 2014

Monitoring water accumulation in a glacier using magnetic resonance imaging

A. Legchenko, C. Vincent, J. M. Baltassat, J. F. Girard, E. Thibert, O. Gagliardini, M. Descloitres, A. Gilbert, S. Garambois, A. Chevalier, and H. Guyard

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