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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1951-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1951-2014
Research article
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27 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 27 Oct 2014

Assessment of heat sources on the control of fast flow of Vestfonna ice cap, Svalbard

M. Schäfer, F. Gillet-Chaulet, R. Gladstone, R. Pettersson, V. A. Pohjola, T. Strozzi, and T. Zwinger

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